Numbers 22:17

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For I will give you a place of very great honour, and whatever you say to me I will do; so come, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people.

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 24:11 : 11 Go back quickly to the place you came from: it was my purpose to give you a place of honour, but now the Lord has kept you back from honour.
  • Deut 16:9 : 9 Let seven weeks be numbered from the first day when the grain is cut.
  • Esth 5:11 : 11 And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king.
  • Esth 7:9 : 9 Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it.
  • Matt 4:8-9 : 8 Again, the Evil One took him up to a very high mountain, and let him see all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them; 9 And he said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will go down on your face and give me worship.
  • Matt 14:7 : 7 So he gave her his word with an oath to let her have whatever she might make request for.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 For what profit has a man, if he gets all the world with the loss of his life? or what will a man give in exchange for his life?
  • Num 22:6 : 6 Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.
  • Num 22:37 : 37 And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not send to you, requesting you with all my heart to come to me? why did you not come? am I not able to give you a place of honour?
  • Num 23:2-3 : 2 And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep. 3 Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill.
  • Num 23:29-30 : 29 And Balaam said to Balak, Make me seven altars here and get seven oxen and seven male sheep ready for me. 30 And Balak did as Balaam said, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 22:5-16
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    5So he sent men to Balaam, son of Beor, at Pethor by the River in the land of the children of his people, saying to him, See, a people has come out of Egypt, covering all the face of the earth, and they have put up their tents opposite to me:

    6Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.

    7So the responsible men of Moab and Midian went away, taking in their hands rewards for the prophet; and they came to Balaam and said to him what Balak had given them orders to say.

    8And he said to them, Take your rest here tonight, and I will give you an answer after hearing what the Lord says; so the chiefs of Moab kept there with Balaam that night.

    9And God came to Balaam and said, Who are these men with you?

    10And Balaam said to God, Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent them to me, saying,

    11See, the people who have come out of Egypt are covering all the earth: now, put a curse on this people for me, so that I may be able to make war on them, driving them out of the land.

    12And God said to Balaam, You are not to go with them, or put a curse on this people, for they have my blessing.

    13In the morning Balaam got up and said to the chiefs of Balak, Go back to your land, for the Lord will not let me go with you.

    14So the chiefs of Moab went back to Balak and said, Balaam will not come with us.

    15So Balak sent more chiefs, greater in number and of higher position than the others.

    16And they came to Balaam and said, Balak, son of Zippor, says, Let nothing keep you from coming to me:

  • Num 23:25-27
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    25Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing.

    26But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says?

    27Then Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there.

  • Num 22:18-20
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    18But Balaam, in answer; said to the servants of Balak, Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to do anything more or less than the orders of the Lord my God.

    19So take your rest here this night, till I have knowledge what more the Lord has to say to me.

    20And that night God came to Balaam and said to him, If these men have come for you, go with them: but do only what I say to you.

  • Num 22:35-39
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    35And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, Go with the men; but say only what I give you to say. Then Balaam went on with the chiefs of Balak.

    36Now Balak, hearing that Balaam had come, went to the chief town of Moab, on the edge of the Arnon, in the farthest part of the land, for the purpose of meeting him.

    37And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not send to you, requesting you with all my heart to come to me? why did you not come? am I not able to give you a place of honour?

    38Then Balaam said to Balak, Now I have come to you; but have I power to say anything? Only what God puts into my mouth may I say.

    39And Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath-huzoth.

  • Num 23:11-13
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    11Then Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I sent for you so that my haters might be cursed, and see, you have given them a blessing.

    12And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth?

    13And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there.

  • Num 23:7-8
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    7And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, From Aram Balak has sent for me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East: come, put curses on Jacob for me and be angry with Israel.

    8How may I put curses on him who is not cursed by God? how may I be angry with him with whom the Lord is not angry?

  • Num 24:10-14
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    10Then Balak was full of wrath against Balaam, and angrily waving his hands he said to Balaam, I sent for you so that those who are against me might be cursed, but now, see, three times you have given them a blessing.

    11Go back quickly to the place you came from: it was my purpose to give you a place of honour, but now the Lord has kept you back from honour.

    12Then Balaam said to Balak, Did I not say to the men you sent to me,

    13Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, it would not be possible for me to go outside the orders of the Lord, doing good or evil at the impulse of my mind; whatever the Lord says I will say?

    14So now I will go back to my people: but first let me make clear to you what this people will do to your people in days to come.

  • Num 23:15-18
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    15Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord.

    16And the Lord came to Balaam, and put words in his mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.

    17So he came to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with the chiefs of Moab by his side. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said?

    18And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:

  • Num 23:2-3
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    2And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam made an offering on every altar of an ox and a male sheep.

    3Then Balaam said to Balak, Take your place by your burned offering, and I will go and see if the Lord comes to me: and I will give you word of whatever he says to me. And he went to an open place on a hill.

  • Josh 24:9-10
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    9Then Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab, went up to war against Israel; and he sent for Balaam, the son of Beor, to put a curse on you:

    10But I did not give ear to Balaam; and so he went on blessing you; and I kept you safe from him.

  • Num 22:41
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    41And in the morning Balak took Balaam up to the high places of Baal, and from there he was able to see the outer limits of the people.

  • Deut 23:4-5
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    4Because they gave you no bread or water on your way, when you came out of Egypt: and they got Balaam, the son of Peor, from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to put curses on you.

    5But the Lord your God would not give ear to Balaam, but let the curse be changed into a blessing to you, because of his love for you.

  • Num 23:5
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    5And the Lord put words in Balaam's mouth, and said, Go back to Balak, and this is what you are to say.