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Joshua 13:22

The Pulpit Commentary on Joshua 13:22

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The soothsayer. Or diviner, one who pretended to foretell future events. Balaam, it would seem, instead of returning to his own land, went to visit the Midianites, whose elders had joined in the invitation given by Moab (), and persuaded them to entice the Israelites into idolatry and licentiousness (see ) For this crime he met with the punishment he had deserved, and was involved in the destruction which fell on the Midianites by God's express command, in consequence of their treachery (.

See Blunt, 'Undesigned Coincidences,' Part I.

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