Numbers 23:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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Referenced Verses

  • Num 23:26 : 26 But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says?
  • 1 Sam 3:17 : 17 And he said, What did the Lord say to you? Do not keep it from me: may God's punishment be on you if you keep from me anything he said to you.
  • Jer 37:17 : 17 Then King Zedekiah sent and got him out: and the king, questioning him secretly in his house, said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is. Then he said, You will be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon.

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  • Num 23:15-16
    2 verses
    89%

    15 Then he said to Balak, Take your place here by your burned offering, while I go over there to the Lord.

    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.

  • Num 23:1-7
    7 verses
    88%

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

    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.

    4 And 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.

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

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

    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.

  • Num 22:7-10
    4 verses
    85%

    7 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.

    8 And 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.

    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 22:35-41
    7 verses
    84%

    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.

    36 Now 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.

    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.

    39 And Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath-huzoth.

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

    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.

  • Num 23:18
    84%

    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:

  • Num 23:25-30
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    84%

    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.

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

    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.

  • Num 22:13-21
    9 verses
    82%

    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.

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

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

    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.

  • Num 23:11-13
    3 verses
    82%

    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?

    13 And 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 22:4-5
    2 verses
    81%

    4 Then 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.

    5 So 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:

  • Num 24:12-13
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    80%

    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 22:2
    80%

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

  • Josh 24:9
    79%

    9 Then 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 24:25
    79%

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

  • Num 24:1-3
    3 verses
    78%

    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,

    2 And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel there, with their tents in the order of their tribes: and the spirit of God came on him.

    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: