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The same name traced across the biblical canon and the Second Temple texts, side by side.

Balac (King living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness)

Balak in Greek, brought up in Revelation 2:14 when Christ rebukes the church at Pergamum for tolerating teaching that echoes Balaam's.

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Balak in Greek, brought up in Revelation 2:14 when Christ rebukes the church at Pergamum for tolerating teaching that echoes Balaam's.

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Balac is the Greek form of Balak, the Moabite king who hired the prophet Balaam to curse Israel in Numbers 22-24. The name appears in Revelation 2:14, where Christ rebukes the church at Pergamum for tolerating teaching that echoes Balaam's counsel to Balak, luring Israelites into idolatry and sexual immorality.

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  • Revelation 2:14

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