Bible Location
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Pethor was Balaam's home on the Euphrates in the north-east. It is important because it places the Balaam episode within a wider international world beyond Moab and Israel. First appears in Num 22:5.1
Coordinates
36.65, 38.07
First appears
Num 22:5
AI summary: Pethor matters because Balaam is drawn from a distant Mesopotamian setting into Israel's story. The long geographic reach of Balak's summons highlights both the seriousness of the threat and the wider recognition of spiritual power. The cross references present Pethor as a far-off Euphrates city tied to blessing, cursing, and divine overruling.1
Latitude
36.65
Longitude
38.07
Bible references
2
Interpretation of dreams, identified with Pitru, on the west bank of the Euphrates, a few miles south of the Hittite capital of Carchemish (Num. 22:5, “which is by the river of the land of the children of [the god] Ammo”). (See BALAAM.) 3
Source note: this 1893 dictionary language reflects its period and may be culturally insensitive or outdated. It is presented as historical source material, not as ai-BIBLE’s language, interpretation, or endorsement.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, place metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.