Numbers 22:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So 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.

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  • 1 Sam 9:7-8 : 7 Then Saul said to his servant, But if we go, what are we to take the man? all our bread is gone, and we have no offering to take to the man of God: what are we to do? 8 But the servant said in answer, I have here a fourth part of a shekel of silver: I will give that to the man of God, and he will give us directions about our way.
  • Mic 3:11 : 11 Its heads take rewards for judging, and the priests take payment for teaching, and the prophets get silver for reading the future: but still, supporting themselves on the Lord, they say, Is not the Lord among us? no evil will overtake us.
  • Rom 16:18 : 18 For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
  • 1 Tim 6:9-9 : 9 But those who have a desire for wealth are falling into danger, and are taken as in a net by a number of foolish and damaging desires, through which men are overtaken by death and destruction. 10 For the love of money is a root of all evil: and some whose hearts were fixed on it have been turned away from the faith, and been wounded with unnumbered sorrows.
  • Titus 1:11 : 11 By whom some families have been completely overturned; who take money for teaching things which are not right; these will have to be stopped.
  • 2 Pet 2:15 : 15 Turning out of the true way, they have gone wandering in error, after the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who was pleased to take payment for wrongdoing;
  • Jude 1:11 : 11 A curse on them! They have gone in the way of Cain, running uncontrolled into the error of Balaam for reward, and have come to destruction by saying evil against the Lord, like Korah.
  • Isa 56:11 : 11 Yes, the dogs are for ever looking for food; while these, the keepers of the sheep, are without wisdom: they have all gone after their pleasure, every one looking for profit; they are all the same.
  • Ezek 13:19 : 19 And you have put me to shame among my people for a little barley and some bits of bread, sending death on souls for whom there is no cause of death, and keeping those souls living who have no right to life, by the false words you say to my people who give ear to what is false.
  • Num 23:23 : 23 No evil power has effect against Jacob, no secret arts against Israel; at the right time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, See what God has done!
  • Num 24:1 : 1 Now when Balaam saw that it was the Lord's pleasure to give his blessing to Israel, he did not, as at other times, make use of secret arts, but turning his face to the waste land,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 23:15-17
    3 verses
    84%

    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?

  • Num 22:8-18
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    82%

    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:

    17For 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.

    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.

  • Num 22:4-6
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    82%

    4Then Moab said to the responsible men of Midian, It is clear that this great people will be the destruction of everything round us, making a meal of us as the ox does of the grass of the field. At that time Balak, the son of Zippor, was king of Moab.

    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.

  • Num 22:35-41
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    82%

    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.

    40And Balak made offerings of oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam and the chiefs who were with him.

    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.

  • Num 23:1-7
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    81%

    1And Balaam said to Balak, Make me here seven altars and get ready seven oxen and seven male sheep.

    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.

    4And God came to Balaam, and Balaam said to him, I have made ready seven altars, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.

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

    6So he went back to him where he was waiting by his burned offering with all the chiefs of Moab.

    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.

  • Num 23:27-30
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    80%

    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.

    28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, looking down over the waste land.

    29And Balaam said to Balak, Make me seven altars here and get seven oxen and seven male sheep ready for me.

    30And Balak did as Balaam said, offering an ox and a male sheep on every altar.

  • Num 22:20-21
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    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.

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

  • Josh 24:9
    79%

    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:

  • Num 23:13
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    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 23:11
    78%

    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.

  • Num 24:12
    77%

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

  • Num 24:25
    77%

    25Then Balaam got up and went back to his place: and Balak went away.

  • Num 22:2
    76%

    2Now Balak, the son of Zippor, saw what Israel had done to the Amorites.

  • Neh 13:2
    76%

    2Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God.

  • Num 23:25
    76%

    25Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing.

  • Deut 23:4
    76%

    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.

  • Num 24:10
    76%

    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.