Numbers 22:30

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And the ass said to Balaam, Am I not your ass upon which you have gone all your life till this day? and have I ever done this to you before? And he said, No.

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  • 1 Cor 1:27-28 : 27 But God made selection of the foolish things of this world so that he might put the wise to shame; and the feeble things that he might put to shame the strong; 28 And the low things of the world, and the things without honour, did God make selection of, yes, even the things which are not, so that he might make as nothing the things which are:
  • 2 Pet 2:16 : 16 But his wrongdoing was pointed out to him: an ass, talking with a man's voice, put a stop to the error of the prophet.

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  • Num 22:17-29
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    17 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.

    18 But 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.

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

    20 And 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.

    21 So in the morning Balaam got up and, making his ass ready, went with the chiefs of Moab.

    22 But God was moved to wrath because he went: and the angel of the Lord took up a position in the road to keep him from his purpose. Now he was seated on his ass, and his two servants were with him.

    23 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord waiting in the road with his sword in his hand; and turning from the road, the ass went into the field; and Balaam gave the ass blows, to get her back on to the road.

    24 Then the angel of the Lord took up his position in a narrow road through the vine-gardens, with a wall on this side and on that.

    25 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord, and went near the wall, crushing Balaam's foot against the wall; and he gave her more blows.

    26 Then the angel of the Lord went further, stopping in a narrow place where there was no room for turning to the right or to the left.

    27 And the ass saw the angel of the Lord and went down on the earth under Balaam; and full of wrath, Balaam gave her hard blows with his stick.

    28 Then the Lord gave the ass the power of talking, and opening her mouth she said to Balaam, What have I done to you that you have given me blows these three times?

    29 And Balaam said to the ass, You have made me seem foolish: if only I had a sword in my hand I would put you to death.

  • Num 22:31-35
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    31 Then the Lord made Balaam's eyes open, and he saw the angel of the Lord in the way with his sword in his hand: and he went down on his face to the earth.

    32 And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why have you given your ass blows these three times? See, I have come out against you to keep you back, because your purpose is not pleasing to me.

    33 And the ass saw me, turning to one side from me three times: if she had not gone to one side, I would certainly have put you to death and kept her safe.

    34 And Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, I have done wrong, for I did not see that you were in the way against me: but now, if it is evil in your eyes, I will go back again.

    35 And 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.

  • 16 But his wrongdoing was pointed out to him: an ass, talking with a man's voice, put a stop to the error of the prophet.

  • Num 24:12-13
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    12 Then Balaam said to Balak, Did I not say to the men you sent to me,

    13 Even 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?

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

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

    27 Then 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 23:11-12
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    11 Then 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.

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

  • 27 And he said to his sons, Make ready the ass for me. And they did so.

  • Num 22:37-38
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    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?

    38 Then 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.

  • 13 So the prophet said to his sons, Make ready an ass for me. So they made an ass ready, and he got on it,

  • Num 22:9-10
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    9 And God came to Balaam and said, Who are these men with you?

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

  • Num 23:16-18
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    16 And 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.

    17 So 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?

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

  • 25 What! are you any better than Balak, the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever take up a cause against Israel or make war against them?

  • 15 Then he went on with his story and said, These are the words of Balaam, the son of Beor, the words of him whose eyes are open:

  • 3 And moved by the spirit, he said, These are the words of Balaam, son of Beor, the words of the man whose eyes are open:

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

  • Num 22:12-14
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    12 And God said to Balaam, You are not to go with them, or put a curse on this people, for they have my blessing.

    13 In 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.

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

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

  • 26 And he said in answer, Because of the deceit of my servant, my lord king: for I, your servant, said to him, You are to make ready an ass and on it I will go with the king, for your servant has not the use of his feet.

  • 41 And 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.

  • 7 And 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.

  • 23 Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.

  • 10 Then 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.