Num_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:
Ver. 5. Balaam, the son of Beor.] The devil’s spelman, as one calls him, a soothsayer, or sorcerer, called a prophet, {2Pe_2:16} as false prophets are called diviners {Jer_27:9}