Numbers 23:28

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So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.

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  • Num 21:20 : 20 From Bamoth to the valley in Moab, the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wasteland.
  • Ps 106:28 : 28 They joined themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

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  • Num 23:27
    85%

    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.'

  • Num 22:39-41
    3 verses
    84%

    39Then Balaam went with Balak to Kiriath Huzoth.

    40Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep and gave some to Balaam and the officials who were with him.

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

  • Num 23:13-18
    6 verses
    82%

    13Then Balak said to him, 'Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will see only a part of them, not all of them. From there, curse them for me.'

    14So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah. There he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

    15Balaam said to Balak, 'Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.'

    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 21:20
    80%

    20From Bamoth to the valley in Moab, the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wasteland.

  • Num 23:1-7
    7 verses
    79%

    1Balaam said to Balak, 'Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.'

    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.'

    6He returned to Balak, and there he was, standing beside his burnt offering along with all the officials of Moab.

    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."'

  • Num 23:29-30
    2 verses
    79%

    29Balaam said to Balak, 'Build for me seven altars here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.'

    30Balak did as Balaam said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

  • Num 22:36-37
    2 verses
    78%

    36When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.

    37Balak said to Balaam, 'Did I not send messengers to you to summon you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I really unable to reward you?

  • Num 22:4-5
    2 verses
    78%

    4Moab said to the elders of Midian, 'Now this horde will devour everything around us, like an ox eats the grass of the field.' At that time, Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab.

    5He sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the river in the land of his people. They were to call him, saying, 'Look, a people has come out of Egypt; they cover the face of the land and are settling next to me.'

  • Num 31:16
    77%

    16Behold, these women caused the people of Israel to act unfaithfully against the LORD through the advice of Balaam in the matter of Peor, which led to the plague among the congregation of the LORD.

  • Josh 24:9
    77%

    9Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you.

  • Num 22:2
    76%

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

  • Num 22:7
    76%

    7The elders of Moab and Midian left, taking with them payment for divination. They came to Balaam and told him Balak's message.

  • Num 22:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

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

    11'Look, a people that came out of Egypt covers the face of the land. Now, come and curse them for me. Perhaps I will be able to fight against them and drive them out.'

  • Num 23:11
    76%

    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!'

  • Num 24:1-3
    3 verses
    75%

    1When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to seeking omens as he had done before, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.

    2Balaam looked up and saw Israel camped according to their tribes, and the Spirit of God came upon him.

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

  • Num 23:25
    74%

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

  • Num 24:25
    74%

    25Then Balaam got up and returned to his home, and Balak also went on his way.

  • Josh 13:20
    74%

    20Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth.

  • Deut 3:29
    73%

    29So we stayed in the valley near Beth Peor.

  • Deut 23:4
    73%

    4No Ammonite or Moabite may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation; none of their descendants may ever enter the assembly of the LORD.

  • Num 24:12
    72%

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

  • Num 24:10
    72%

    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 22:13-16
    4 verses
    72%

    13The next morning, Balaam got up and said to Balak’s officials, 'Go back to your own country, for the LORD has refused to let me go with you.'

    14So the Moabite leaders returned to Balak and said, 'Balaam refused to come with us.'

    15Then Balak sent other officials, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.

    16They came to Balaam and said to him, 'This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Please do not let anything prevent you from coming to me.'

  • 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 22:20
    72%

    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.'