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Kirjath-huzoth or Qiryath Chutsoth, meaning city of streets or (in the Septuagint), city of villages, Numbers 22:39, was a Moabite city which some identify with Kirjathaim^{[disambiguation needed]} in eastern Jordan.^[1]

According to a story recorded in Numbers 22–24, Balak, King of Moab, received and entertained the soothsayer Balaam here, whom he had invited from Pethor, among the "mountains of the east," beyond the Euphrates, to lay a curse upon the Israelites, whose progress he had no hope otherwise of arresting. Balak offered a sacrifice of oxen and sheep there.^[2] It was probably from the summit of Attarus, the high place near the city, that the soothsayer first saw the encampments of Israel.

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^ Bible Atlas http://bibleatlas.org/kiriath-huzoth.htm accessed 23 June 2015
^ Numbers 22:40

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[1] Bible Atlas http://bibleatlas.org/kiriath-huzoth.htm accessed 23 June 2015

[2] Numbers 22:40

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 '''Kirjath-huzoth''' or '''Qiryath Chutsoth''', meaning ''city of streets'' or (in the [[Septuagint]]), ''city of villages'', {{bibleverse||Numbers|22:39}}, was a [[Moab]]ite city which some identify with [[Kirjathaim]]{{dn|date=October 2019}} in eastern [[Jordan (country)|Jordan]].<ref>Bible Atlas http://bibleatlas.org/kiriath-huzoth.htm accessed 23 June 2015</ref>
-According to a story recorded in [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 22-24, [[Balak]], King of Moab, received and entertained the soothsayer [[Balaam]] here, whom he had invited from [[Pethor]], among the "mountains of the east," beyond the [[Euphrates]], to lay a curse upon the [[Israelite]]s, whose progress he had no hope otherwise of arresting. Balak offered a sacrifice of oxen and sheep there.<ref>Numbers 22:40</ref> It was probably from the summit of [[Attarus]], the high place near the city, that the soothsayer first saw the encampments of [[Israel]].
+According to a story recorded in [[Book of Numbers|Numbers]] 22–24, [[Balak]], King of Moab, received and entertained the soothsayer [[Balaam]] here, whom he had invited from [[Pethor]], among the "mountains of the east," beyond the [[Euphrates]], to lay a curse upon the [[Israelite]]s, whose progress he had no hope otherwise of arresting. Balak offered a sacrifice of oxen and sheep there.<ref>Numbers 22:40</ref> It was probably from the summit of [[Attarus]], the high place near the city, that the soothsayer first saw the encampments of [[Israel]].
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