Numbers 22:28

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Then the LORD opened the donkey's mouth, and it said to Balaam, 'What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?'

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  • 2 Pet 2:16 : 16 But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—a beast without speech—that spoke with a man's voice and restrained the prophet's madness.
  • Exod 4:11 : 11 The LORD said to him, 'Who gave human beings their mouths? Or who makes them mute, deaf, seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
  • Luke 1:37 : 37 For nothing will be impossible with God.
  • Rom 8:22 : 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together with labor pains until now.
  • 1 Cor 1:19 : 19 For it is written, 'I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the understanding of the intelligent I will frustrate.'

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  • Num 22:17-27
    11 verses
    88%

    17'For I will reward you very handsomely and will do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on these people for me.'

    18But Balaam answered Balak's servants, 'Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the LORD my God to do anything small or great.'

    19Now please stay here tonight as well, so that I may find out what else the LORD may say to me.

    20That night God came to Balaam and said, 'Since these men have come to summon you, go with them. But do only what I tell you.'

    21Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the Moabite officials.

    22But God was very angry when he went, and the angel of the LORD took his stand in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

    23When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, it turned off the road into a field. Balaam struck the donkey to make it turn back onto the road.

    24Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path through the vineyards, with walls on both sides.

    25When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, it pressed close to the wall, crushing Balaam’s foot against it. So he beat the donkey again.

    26Then the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right or to the left.

    27When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, it lay down under Balaam, and he became very angry and beat it with his staff.

  • Num 22:29-35
    7 verses
    87%

    29Balaam answered the donkey, 'You have made a fool of me! If only I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now.'

    30The donkey said to Balaam, 'Am I not your own donkey, which you have always ridden, to this very day? Have I been in the habit of doing this to you?' 'No,' he replied.

    31Then the LORD opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn. So he bowed low and fell facedown.

    32The angel of the LORD asked him, 'Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? I have come here to oppose you because your path is a reckless one before me.'

    33The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If it had not turned away, I would certainly have killed you by now, but I would have spared it.'

    34Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, 'I have sinned. I did not realize you were standing in the road to oppose me. Now if you are displeased, I will go back.'

    35The angel of the LORD said to Balaam, 'Go with the men, but speak only what I tell you.' So Balaam went with Balak's officials.

  • 2 Pet 2:16
    78%

    16But he was rebuked for his wrongdoing by a donkey—a beast without speech—that spoke with a man's voice and restrained the prophet's madness.

  • Num 23:11-12
    2 verses
    75%

    11Balak said to Balaam, 'What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!'

    12He answered, 'Must I not speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?'

  • Num 23:16-18
    3 verses
    75%

    16The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, 'Return to Balak and speak these words.'

    17So Balaam returned to Balak, who was standing beside his burnt offering with the officials of Moab. Balak asked him, 'What did the LORD say?'

    18Then Balaam proclaimed his oracle, saying: 'Stand up, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor!'

  • Num 23:2-5
    4 verses
    74%

    2Balak did as Balaam said, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

    3Balaam said to Balak, 'Stand beside your burnt offering while I go. Perhaps the LORD will meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you.' Then he went to a barren height.

    4God met with Balaam, and Balaam said to Him, 'I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have placed a bull and a ram.'

    5The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, 'Go back to Balak and speak this to him.'

  • Num 24:3
    73%

    3He began his oracle, saying: 'The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened.'

  • Num 24:10
    73%

    10Then Balak's anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. He said to Balaam, 'I summoned you to curse my enemies, but instead, you have blessed them three times!'

  • Num 22:38-39
    2 verses
    72%

    38Balaam said to Balak, 'Well, I have come to you now. But I cannot say just anything. I must speak only what God puts in my mouth.'

    39Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath Huzoth.

  • Num 24:15
    72%

    15Then Balaam began his oracle, saying: 'The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,'

  • Num 22:9-10
    2 verses
    72%

    9Then God came to Balaam and asked, 'Who are these men with you?'

    10Balaam said to God, 'Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent this message to me:

  • Num 24:12
    71%

    12Balaam answered Balak, 'Did I not tell your messengers that you sent to me,'

  • Num 23:25-27
    3 verses
    71%

    25Then Balak said to Balaam, 'If you won’t curse them for me, then at least don’t bless them!'

    26But Balaam replied, 'Didn’t I tell you that I must do whatever the LORD says?'

    27Then Balak said to Balaam, 'Come, let me take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.'

  • 1 Kgs 13:27
    70%

    27Then he said to his sons, 'Saddle the donkey for me.' So they saddled the donkey.

  • Num 22:41
    69%

    41The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, from where he could see the outskirts of the people.

  • Num 23:7
    69%

    7Then Balaam uttered his oracle and said: 'From Aram Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: "Come, curse Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel."'

  • Gen 42:27
    68%

    27At the lodging place, one of them opened his sack to feed his donkey, and he saw his money there in the mouth of his sack.

  • Num 22:12
    68%

    12But God said to Balaam, 'Do not go with them. You must not curse the people, for they are blessed.'

  • Num 22:6
    68%

    6Now, please come and curse this people for me, because they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.

  • Josh 24:10
    68%

    10But I would not listen to Balaam. Instead, he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.

  • Num 22:2
    68%

    2When Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,