Deuteronomy 23:4

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because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

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The Exodus RouteThe route of the Israelites out of Egypt through the Sinai wilderness toward Canaan.

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Egypt was the land from which Israel had been redeemed, while Mesopotamia was the broad region between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Pethor, a town in Mesopotamia near the Euphrates, was Balaam’s home; Moab hired him from there to curse Israel, opposing God’s covenant people.

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Deuteronomy 23:4 mentions Egypt, Mesopotamia and Pethor.

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

Photo of Mesopotamia — Mesopotamia · Bertramz