Numbers 23:6

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

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  • Num 23:11-18
    8 verses
    87%

    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?'

    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 23:1-5
    5 verses
    80%

    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.'

  • Num 22:4-10
    7 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.'

    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.

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

    8Balaam said to them, 'Spend the night here, and I will bring back a word to you, as the LORD speaks to me.' So the Moabite leaders stayed with Balaam.

    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 22:39-41
    3 verses
    78%

    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 23:7
    78%

    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 22:13-15
    3 verses
    77%

    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.

  • Num 24:25
    75%

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

  • Num 23:25-30
    6 verses
    75%

    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.'

    28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.

    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 22:35-37
    3 verses
    74%

    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.

    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 22:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Josh 24:9
    72%

    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
    72%

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

  • Num 24:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    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.

  • Num 22:18
    71%

    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.'

  • Num 24:12
    71%

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

  • Mic 6:5
    70%

    5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised and what Balaam son of Beor answered him, from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 3:21
    70%

    21When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come to fight against them, they called together everyone old enough to wear armor and stationed themselves at the border.