Numbers 22:5

He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

Cross-reference

Numbers 23:7 is Balaam's first oracle — he repeats being brought from Aram by Balak, continuing the same narrative.

Numbers 23:22 Related theme

Numbers 23:22 declares God brought Israel out of Egypt; Numbers 22:5 states they came out of Egypt — same exodus reference.

Deuteronomy 23:4 Historical context

Deuteronomy 23:4 explicitly references Balak hiring Balaam son of Beor from Pethor to curse Israel — the very event introduced in Numbers 22:5.

Joshua 13:22 Historical context

Joshua 13:22 records the death of Balaam son of Beor, the soothsayer — directly continuing the account of the same figure introduced in Numbers 22:5.

Joshua 24:9 Historical context

Joshua 24:9 summarizes Balak’s summoning of Balaam to curse Israel — a direct later reference to the event in Numbers 22:5.

Nehemiah 13:2 explicitly recalls that Moab hired Balaam to curse Israel — a direct citation of the event in Numbers 22:5.

Micah 6:5 Citation

Micah 6:5 reminds Israel of what Balak consulted and Balaam answered — a direct historical reference to the account begun in Numbers 22:5.

2 Peter 2:15 names Balaam son of Beor as an example of greed — directly referencing the prophet introduced in Numbers 22:5.

2 Peter 2:16 mentions Balaam's donkey rebuking him — a specific event later in the same narrative that Numbers 22:5 begins.

Jude 1:11 Allusion

Jude 1:11 condemns those who follow 'the error of Balaam' — directly referencing Balaam's greed, a NT warning against his misuse of prophecy.

Revelation 2:14 condemns the 'doctrine of Balaam' — he taught Balak to seduce Israel into idolatry and immorality, a NT application of this story.