⁵ So he sent messengers to ^(A)Balaam the son of Beor, at ^(B)Pethor, which is near the ^[a]River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me.

^4 (A)because they did not meet you with ^[a]food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you ^(B)Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of ^[b]Mesopotamia, to curse you.