Joshua 13:22

22 Balaam also, the son of Be'or, the soothsayer, the people of Israel killed with the sword among the rest of their slain.

Joshua 13:22 Meaning and Commentary

Joshua 13:22

Balaam also, the son of Beor the soothsayer, did the children
of Israel slay with the sword
At the same time that the princes of Midian were slain, and which is also observed, (See Gill on Numbers 31:8). Kimchi supposes that he returned to Midian, on hearing that the counsel he gave to them, to ensnare Israel with their daughters, had taken effect, in order to receive his wages, and so received his righteous doom and just reward; it is commonly said by the Jews ^F13, that he was slain by Phinehas:

among them that were slain by them;
among the above princes, and the common soldiers, of which there was a great slaughter; even all the males of Midian were slain, ( Numbers 31:7 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F13 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 106. 2. Kimchi in loc.

Joshua 13:22 In-Context

20 and Beth-pe'or, and the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth-jesh'imoth,

21 that is, all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses defeated with the leaders of Mid'ian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who dwelt in the land.

22 Balaam also, the son of Be'or, the soothsayer, the people of Israel killed with the sword among the rest of their slain.

23 And the border of the people of Reuben was the Jordan as a boundary. This was the inheritance of the Reubenites, according to their families with their cities and villages.

24 And Moses gave an inheritance also to the tribe of the Gadites, according to their families.