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pᵊtōr פְּתוֹר ‘Pethor’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: of foreign origin

pᵊtōr pr n loc
Pethor = "soothsayer"
1) a town of Mesopotamia and the home of Balaam; located on a river; site unknown

Mentioned in Numbers 22:5 Deuteronomy 23:5

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