Balaam
man; son of Beor, from Pethor; a non-Israelite prophet or fortune-teller; the name became a symbol for attempts to deviate Israel from its divinely chosen path
“Balaam.” Atlas. Accessed 2026. https://fcbh-atlas.vercel.app/en/term/balaam
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- bookNumbers
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