The prophecy of Balaam, who was from the town of Pethor on the Euphrates River near Persia, which specifically speaks about ‘a star to come out of Jacob,’ could have been influential as well.

He lived in a place called Pethor in Mesopotamia, present-day Iraq. An otherwise good fellow, Balaam, a prophet, was afflicted with the malaise of covetousness; and he easily sold his soul to ...

from Pethor of Aram-naharaim, to curse you.” While one might understand the Moabite motivation to have the Jewish people cursed, but why is the Torah so incensed by the Ammonite and Moabite lack ...

This week’s Parsha, בלק, is perhaps one of the greatest triumphs of our nation. A victory, nonetheless one in which we indeed did not fight. The narrative and characters of our Parsha are ...

And he sent messengers to Balaam, the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the river in his native land, to call him, saying, “Look, a nation has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the ...

Together they sent their representatives to call on Bilam, the heathen prophet and charmer on the banks of the River Pethor, hundreds of miles to the north in Aram, to hire him as a spiritual ...

Balak, king of the Moabites obviously heard of the Israelites and their conquests and we as part of his military strategic planning did the following as recorded in Num 22: 5-6: ‘Then he sent ...