Numbers 24:1

American Standard Version (1901)

And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

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  • Num 23:23 : 23 Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shalt it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
  • Num 23:3 : 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.
  • Num 23:15 : 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [Jehovah] yonder.
  • Num 23:20 : 20 Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
  • Num 22:13 : 13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Jehovah refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
  • Num 23:28 : 28 And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.
  • Num 31:16 : 16 Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Jehovah in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Jehovah.
  • 1 Sam 24:20 : 20 And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thy hand.
  • 1 Sam 26:2 : 2 Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
  • 1 Sam 26:25 : 25 Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.

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  • Num 24:2-3
    2 verses
    84%

    2And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

    3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

  • Num 22:12-14
    3 verses
    80%

    12And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.

    13And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Jehovah refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

    14And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

  • Num 23:25-28
    4 verses
    79%

    25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

    26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?

    27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

    28And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.

  • Num 24:25
    78%

    25And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.

  • Num 23:1-5
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    1And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

    2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

    3And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.

    4And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

    5And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

  • Num 23:15-17
    3 verses
    78%

    15And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet [Jehovah] yonder.

    16And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

    17And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath Jehovah spoken?

  • Josh 24:9-10
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    77%

    9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

    10but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

  • Deut 23:4-5
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    77%

    4because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

    5Nevertheless Jehovah thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but Jehovah thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because Jehovah thy God loved thee.

  • Neh 13:2
    77%

    2because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

  • Num 22:41
    77%

    41And it came to pass in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.

  • Num 23:11-13
    3 verses
    76%

    11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

    12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

    13And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

  • Num 22:31
    76%

    31Then Jehovah opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.

  • Num 22:34-36
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    76%

    34And Balaam said unto the angel of Jehovah, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.

    35And the angel of Jehovah said unto Balaam, Go with the men; but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

    36And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.

  • Num 23:7
    76%

    7And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

  • Num 22:20-23
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    75%

    20And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do.

    21And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

    22And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Jehovah placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

    23And the ass saw the angel of Jehovah standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.

  • Num 22:5
    75%

    5And he sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to 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.

  • Num 24:10
    75%

    10And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

  • Num 22:7
    75%

    7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

  • Num 22:39
    75%

    39And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth.

  • Num 24:12-13
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    75%

    12And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers that thou sentest unto me, saying,

    13If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what Jehovah speaketh, that will I speak?

  • Num 22:18
    75%

    18And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.

  • Num 22:2
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    2And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

  • Num 24:15
    74%

    15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

  • Num 22:10
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    10And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, [saying] ,