Numbers 22:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Balac the sonne of Ziphor, sawe all that Israel had done to ye Amorites.

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  • Judg 11:25 : 25 And art thou better then Balac the sonne of Zephor king of Moab? Did he not stryue with Israel and fight against them,
  • Num 21:3 : 3 And the Lorde hearde the voyce of Israel, and deliuered them the Chanaanites: And they destroyed them and their cities, and called the name of the place Horma.
  • Num 21:20-35 : 20 And from Bamoth of the valley that is in the fielde of Moab, vnto the top of the hyll that loketh towarde Iesimon. 21 And Israel sent messengers vnto Sehon kyng of the Amorites, saying: 22 Let me passe through thy lande, we wyll not turne into the fieldes or vineyardes, neither drynke of the waters of the well: but we wyll go along by the kynges hye way, vntyll we be past thy countrey. 23 But Sehon woulde geue Israel no lisence to passe through his countrey: but gathered all his people together, & went out agaynst Israel into the wildernesse: And he came to Iaza, and fought agaynst Israel. 24 And Israel smote him in the edge of the sworde, & conquered his lande from Arnon vnto Iabok, vnto the children of Ammon: For the border of the children of Ammon was strong. 25 And Israel toke all these cities, and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites in Hesbon, and in all the townes that long therto. 26 For Hesbon was the citie of Sehon the kyng of the Amorites, which fought before agaynst ye kyng of the Moabites, and toke all his lande out of his hande, euen vnto Arnon. 27 Wherfore they that speake in prouerbes, say: Come to Hesbon, and let the citie of Sehon be built and repayred. 28 For there is a fire gone out of Hesbon, and a flambe from the citie of Sehon, and hath consumed Ar in Moab, and the lordes of Bamoth in Arnon. 29 Wo to thee Moab, O people of Chamos ye are vndone: he hath suffered his sonnes to be pursued, & his daughters to be in captiuitie vnto Sehon the kyng of the Amorites. 30 Their empire is lost from Hesbon vnto Dibon, and we made a wildernesse euen vnto Nopha, which reacheth vnto Medaba. 31 And thus Israel dwelt in the lande of the Amorites. 32 And Moyses sent to searche out Iaezer, and they toke the townes belonging therto, & rooted out the Amorites that were therein. 33 And they turned, and went vp towarde Basan: And Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst them, he and all his people to fight at Edrai. 34 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses: feare hym not, for I haue deliuered hym into thy hande, and all his people and his lande, and thou shalt do to him as thou diddest vnto Schon the king of the Amorites whiche dwelt at Hesbon. 35 They smote hym therefore, and his sonnes, and all his people, vntyll there was nothyng left hym, and they conquered his lande.

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  • Josh 24:9
    81%

    9Then Balak the sonne of Ziphor king of Moab, arose & warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the sonne of Beor for to curse you:

  • Num 22:3-7
    5 verses
    81%

    3And the Moabites were sore afrayde of the people, because they were many, and they were stroken with feare of the chyldren of Israel.

    4And Moab sayde vnto the elders of Madian: Nowe shall this companie lycke vp all that are rounde about vs, as an oxe licketh vp the grasse of ye fielde. And Balac the sonne of Ziphor, was kyng of the Moabites at that tyme.

    5He sent messengers therefore vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor to Pethor, which is by the riuer of the lande of the chyldren of his folke, to call him, saying: Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt, and beholde they couer the face of the earth, & dwell ouer against me.

    6Come nowe therfore I pray thee, and curse me this people, for they are to mightie for me, so peraduenture I myght be able to smyte them, & to driue them out of the lande: For I wote that he whom thou blessest, is blessed, and whom thou cursest is cursed.

    7And the elders of Moab, and the elders of Madian departed, hauyng the rewarde of the southsaying in their hande: And they came vnto Balaam, and tolde hym the wordes of Balac.

  • Num 22:39-41
    3 verses
    81%

    39And Balaam went with Balac, and they came vnto a citie of streates.

    40And Balac offered oxen and sheepe, and sent thereof to Balaam, and to the lordes that were with hym.

    41And on the morowe Balac toke Balaam, and brought hym vp into the hye places of Baal, that thence he might see the vtmost part of the people.

  • Num 23:13-18
    6 verses
    80%

    13And Balac sayde vnto hym: Come I pray thee with me vnto another place, whence thou mayest see them, and thou shalt see but the vtmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: curse them out of that place for my sake.

    14And he brought hym into a fielde, where men myght see farre of, euen to the toppe of an hyll, and buylt seuen aulters, and offred an oxe and a ramme on euery aulter.

    15And he said vnto Balac: Stande here by thy burnt sacrifice, whyle I meete the Lorde yonder.

    16And the Lord met Balaam, and put a worde in his mouth, and sayd: Go agayne vnto Balac, and say thus.

    17And when he came to hym, beholde he stoode by his burnt sacrifice, and the lordes of Moab with hym. And Balac saide vnto hym: What hath the Lorde sayde?

    18And he toke vp his parable, and aunswered: Rise vp Balac, and heare, and hearke vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor.

  • Num 22:10-11
    2 verses
    80%

    10And Balaam sayd vnto God: Balac the sonne of Ziphor kyng of Moab hath sent vnto me saying:

    11Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt, and couereth the face of the earth: Come nowe therefore, and curse them for my sake, if so peraduenture I may be able to ouercome them in battayle, and to dryue them out.

  • Judg 11:25
    79%

    25And art thou better then Balac the sonne of Zephor king of Moab? Did he not stryue with Israel and fight against them,

  • Num 22:36
    78%

    36And when Balac heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meete hym, vnto a citie of Moab, whiche is in the border of Arnon, eue in the vtmost coast.

  • Num 22:1
    78%

    1And the children of Israel departed and pitched in the fieldes of Moab, on the other side of Iordane from Iericho.

  • Num 24:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lorde that he should blesse Israel, he went not as he dyd twise before to meete a soothsaying: but set his face towarde the wyldernesse.

    2And Balaam lift vp his eyes, and loked vpon Israel as he lay accordyng to his tribes, and the spirite of God came vpon hym.

    3And he toke vp his parable and sayd: Balaam the sonne of Beor hath sayde, and the man whose eyes is open hath sayde:

  • Num 23:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5And the Lorde put a saying in Balaams mouth, and sayde: Go agayne to Balac, and say on this wyse.

    6And when he went agayne vnto him, lo, he stoode by his burnt sacrifice, he and all the lordes of Moab.

    7And he toke vp his parable, and sayd: Balac the king of Moab hath brought me fro Mesopotamia, out of the mountaynes of the east, saying Come, curse Iacob for my sake, come and defie Israel.

  • Num 23:1-3
    3 verses
    77%

    1And Balaam said vnto Balac: Buylde me here seuen aulters, & prepare me here seuen oxen & seuen rammes.

    2And Balac dyd as Balaam sayde: And Balac and Balaam offred on euery aulter an oxe and a ramme.

    3And Balaam said vnto Balac: Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go, if happly the Lorde will meete me: and whatsoeuer he sheweth me, I wyll tell thee. And he went vp hyer.

  • Num 23:11
    77%

    11And Balac sayd vnto Balaam: What hast thou done vnto me? I toke thee to curse myne enemies, and beholde thou hast blessed them altogether.

  • Josh 13:22
    77%

    22And Balaam also the sonne of Beor the soothsayer, did the childre of Israel slay with the sworde among other of them that were slayne.

  • Num 23:25-28
    4 verses
    76%

    25And Balac sayde vnto Balaam: Neither curse them, nor blesse them at all.

    26But Balaam aunswered and said vnto Balac: Tolde not I thee, saying, All that ye Lorde speaketh, that I must do?

    27And Balac said vnto Balaam: Come I pray thee, and I wyll bryng thee yet vnto another place, if at all it will please God, that thou mayst thence curse them for my sake.

    28And Balac brought Balaam vnto the toppe of Peor, that looketh towarde Iesimon.

  • Num 24:25
    74%

    25And Balaam rose vp, and went and returned to his place: and Balac also went his way.

  • Mic 6:5
    73%

    5Remember O my people, what Balach the king of Moab had deuised against thee, and what aunswere that Balaam the sonne of Beor gaue him, from Sethin vnto Galgal, that ye may knowe the righteousnesse of the Lorde.

  • Num 31:16
    73%

    16Beholde, these caused the children of Israel through the councel of Balaam, to commit trespasse agaynst the Lorde in the businesse of Peor, and there folowed a plague among the congregation of the Lorde.

  • Josh 9:10
    73%

    10And all that he did to the two kinges of ye Amorites that were beyonde Iordane, Sehon king of Hesbon, and Og king of Basa, which were at Astaroth.

  • Num 24:10
    73%

    10And Balac was wroth with Balaam, and smote his handes together, and Balac said vnto Balaam: I sent for thee to curse mine enemies, and behold thou hast blessed them this three tymes.

  • Num 23:30
    72%

    30And Balac dyd as Balaam had sayd, and offered an oxe and a ramme on euerie aulter.

  • Num 24:12
    72%

    12Balaam aunswered vnto Balac: Tolde I not thy messengers whiche thou sendedst vnto me, saying:

  • Num 22:14-15
    2 verses
    72%

    14And the lordes of Moab rose vp, and went vnto Balac and sayde: Balaam would not come with vs.

    15And Balac sent againe a greater companie of lordes, and more honourable then they.

  • Neh 13:2
    72%

    2Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them that he should curse them: and our God turned the curse into a blessing.