Numbers 22:5

Balaam is called a prophet, 2 Peter 2:16, because God was pleased to inspire and direct him to speak the following prophecy, as he did inspire Caiaphas to speak those words, 1 Thessalonians 11:51,52, and as sometimes he did for a time inspire other wicked men; but in truth he was a soothsayer, as he is called, Joshua 13:22. See Numbers 24:1. Beor, or Bosor, 2 Peter 2:15; for he had two names, as many others had. Pethor; a city in Mesopotamia or Aram: see Numbers 23:7 Deuteronomy 23:4. By the river, i.e. by Euphrates, which is oft called the river, by way of eminency, as Genesis 15:18 Joshua 24:2,15, and here the river of Balaam's land or country, to wit, of Mesopotamia or Aram, Numbers 21:7. They abide over against me; they are encamped in my neighbourhood, ready to invade my kingdom.