Joshua 13 · Verse 22

Joshua 13:22

Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
Joshua 13:22, King James Version

Joshua 13:22 in other translations

BSBThe Israelites also killed the diviner Balaam son of Beor along with the others they put to the sword.
WEBThe children of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the soothsayer, with the sword, among the rest of their slain.
ASVBalaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among the rest of their slain.
YLTAnd Balaam, son of Beor, the diviner, have the sons of Israel slain with the sword, among their wounded ones.
DARBYAnd Balaam the son of Beor, the diviner, did the children of Israel kill with the sword among them that were slain by them.
BBEAnd Balaam, the son of Beor, the prophet, the children of Israel put to death with the sword.
WebsterBalaam also the son of Beor, the sooth-sayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword, among them that were slain by them.

What does Joshua 13:22 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Joshua 13:7-33

The land must be divided among the tribes. It is the will of God that every man should know his own, and not take that which is another's. The world must be governed, not by force, but right. Wherever our habitation is placed, and in whatever honest way our portion is assigned, we should consider them as allotted of God; we should be thankful for, and use them as such, while every prudent method should be used to…

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Joshua 13:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בִּלְעָ֥םbil.'AmBalaamH1109
בֶּן\־ben-[the] son ofH1121
בְּע֖וֹרbe.'orBeorH1160
הַקּוֹסֵ֑םha.ko.Semthe divinerH7080
הָרְג֧וּha.re.Guthey killedH2026
בְנֵֽי\־ve.nei-[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
בַּחֶ֖רֶבba.Che.revwith the swordH2719
אֶל\־'el-toH413
חַלְלֵיהֶֽם\׃cha.lei.Hemslain [ones] theirH2491

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Cross references for Joshua 13:22

  • Numbers 31:8

    And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.

  • Jude 1:11

    Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

  • Revelation 2:14

    But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

  • 2 Peter 2:15

    Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

  • Numbers 24:1

    And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

  • Numbers 22:5-7

    He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

  • Revelation 19:20

    And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

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Balaam.
Nu 22:5-7; 24:1; 31:8; 2Pe 2:15; Jude 1:11; Re 2:14; 19:20
soothsayer. or, diviner.

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Context

  • Joshua 13:21

    And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country.

  • Joshua 13:22

    Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

  • Joshua 13:23

    And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof.

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Joshua 13:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
También mataron á cuchillo los hijos de Israel á Balaam adivino, hijo de Beor, con los demás que mataron.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et les fils d’Israël tuèrent par l’épée Balaam, fils de Béor, le devin, avec les autres qui furent tués.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Bileam, den Sohn Beors, den Wahrsager, töteten die Kinder Israel mit dem Schwerte, nebst ihren Erschlagenen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et Balaam filium Beor ariolum occiderunt filii Israël gladio cum ceteris interfectis.