Numbers 22:4

Geneva Bible (1560)

Therfore Moab said vnto the Elders of Midian, Nowe shall this multitude licke vp all that are round about vs, as an oxe licketh vp ye grasse of the fielde: and Balak the sonne of Zippor was King of the Moabites at that time.

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  • Num 25:15-18 : 15 And the name of the Midianitish woman, that was slayne, was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was head ouer the people of his fathers house in Midian. 16 Againe ye Lord spake vnto Moses, saying, 17 Vexe the Midianites, and smite them: 18 For they trouble you with their wiles, wherewith they haue beguiled you as concerning Peor, & as concerning their sister Cozbi ye daughter of a prince of Midian, which was slayne in the day of the plague because of Peor.
  • Num 31:8 : 8 They slue also the Kings of Midian among them that were slaine: Eui and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur and Reba fiue kings of Midian, and they slue Balaam the sonne of Beor with the sworde:
  • Josh 13:21-22 : 21 And all the cities of the plaine: and all the kingdome of Sihon King of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whome Moses smote with the Princes of Midian, Eui, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, the dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the countrey. 22 And Balaam the sonne of Beor the soothsayer did the children of Israel slay with the sword, among them that were slaine.
  • Judg 11:25 : 25 And art thou nowe farre better then Balak the sonne of Zippor King of Moab? did he not striue with Israel and fight against them,
  • Jer 48:38 : 38 And mourning shall be vpon all the house toppes of Moab and in all the streetes thereof: for I haue broken Moab like a vessell wherein is no pleasure, sayeth the Lord.
  • Num 22:2 : 2 Now Balak the sonne of Zippor sawe all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
  • Num 22:7 : 7 And the Elders of Moab, and the Elders of Midian departed, hauing the reward of the soothsaying in their hande, and they came vnto Balaam, and tolde him the wordes of Balak.
  • Num 24:17 : 17 I shal see him, but not nowe: I shal behold him, but not neere: there shall come a starre of Iaakob, and a scepter shal rise of Israel, and shall smite the coastes of Moab, and destroy all the sonnes of Sheth.

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  • Num 22:1-3
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    81%

    1After, the children of Israel departed & pitched in the plaine of Moab on the other side of Iorden from Iericho.

    2Now Balak the sonne of Zippor sawe all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

    3And the Moabites were sore afraide of the people, because they were many, and Moab fretted against the children of Israel.

  • Num 22:5-8
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    5Hee sent messengers therefore vnto Balaam the sonne of Beor to Pethor (which is by the riuer of the lande of the children of his folke) to call him, saying, Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt, which couer the face of the earth, and lye ouer against me.

    6Come now therefore, I pray thee, and curse me this people (for they are stronger then I) so it may be that I shall be able to smite them, and to driue them out of the land: for I knowe that hee, whome thou blessest, is blessed, and he whom thou cursest, shall be cursed.

    7And the Elders of Moab, and the Elders of Midian departed, hauing the reward of the soothsaying in their hande, and they came vnto Balaam, and tolde him the wordes of Balak.

    8Who answered them, Tary here this night, and I will giue you an answere, as the Lorde shall say vnto mee. So the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

  • Josh 24:9
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    9Also Balak the sonne of Zippor King of Moab arose and warred against Israel, and sent to call Balaam the sonne of Beor for to curse you,

  • Num 22:10-11
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    10And Baalam said vnto God, Balak ye sonne of Zippor, king of Moab hath set vnto me, saying,

    11Beholde, there is a people come out of Egypt and couereth the face of the earth: come nowe, curse them for my sake: so it may be that I shalbe able to ouercome them in battell, and to driue them out.

  • Num 23:16-18
    3 verses
    78%

    16And the Lord mette Balaam, and put an answere in his mouth, and sayd, Goe againe vnto Balak, and say thus.

    17And when he came to him, beholde, hee stoode by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him: so Balak sayde vnto him, What hath the Lord sayd?

    18And he vttered his parable, and sayde, Rise vp, Balak, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor.

  • Judg 11:25
    77%

    25And art thou nowe farre better then Balak the sonne of Zippor King of Moab? did he not striue with Israel and fight against them,

  • Num 23:5-7
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    5And the Lord put an answere in Balaams mouth, and sayde, Go againe to Balak, and say on this wise.

    6So when he returned vnto him, loe, hee stoode by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.

    7Then he vttered his parable, and sayde, Balak the king of Moab hath brought mee from Aram out of the mountaines of the East, saying, Come, curse Iaakob for my sake: come, and detest Israel.

  • Num 22:39-41
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    76%

    39So Balaam went with Balak, & they came vnto the citie of Huzoth.

    40Then Balak offred bullockes, and sheepe, and sent thereof to Balaam, & to the princes that were with him.

    41And on the morowe Balak tooke Balaam, and brought him vp into the hie places of Baal, that thence hee might see the vtmost part of the people.

  • Num 22:36
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    36And when Balak heard that Balaam came, he went out to meete him vnto a citie of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, euen in the vtmost coast.

  • Num 22:14-16
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    14So the princes of Moab rose vp, and went vnto Balak, & sayd, Balaam hath refused to come with vs.

    15Balak yet sent againe moe princes, and more honourable then they.

    16Who came to Balaam, and sayde to him, Thus saith Balak the sonne of Zippor, Bee not thou staied, I pray thee, from coming vnto me.

  • 2 Kgs 3:23-24
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    23And they saide, This is blood the Kings are surely slaine, and one hath smitten another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoyle.

    24And when they came to the host of Israel, the Israelites arose vp, and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them, but they inuaded them, and smote Moab.

  • Num 23:13
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    13And Balak sayde vnto him, Come, I pray thee, with mee vnto another place, whence thou mayest see them, & thou shalt see but the vtmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: therefore curse them out of that place for my sake.

  • Mic 6:5
    72%

    5O my people, remember nowe what Balak King of Moab had deuised, and what Balaam the sonne of Beor answered him, from Shittim vnto Gilgal, that ye may knowe the righteousnes of the Lorde.

  • 2 Kgs 3:21
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    21And when al the Moabites heard that the Kings were come vp to fight against them, they gathered all that was able to put on harnesse, & vpwarde, and stood in their border.

  • Num 23:2
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    2And Balak did as Balaam sayd, and Balak and Balaam offred on euery altar a bullocke and a ramme.

  • Num 23:27-28
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    27Againe Balak sayd vnto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I wil bring thee vnto another place, if so be it wil please God, that thou mayest thence curse them for my sake.

    28So Balak brought Balaam vnto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Ieshmon.

  • Jer 48:42
    72%

    42And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath set vp himselfe against the Lord.

  • Josh 13:22
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    22And Balaam the sonne of Beor the soothsayer did the children of Israel slay with the sword, among them that were slaine.

  • Num 23:11
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    11Then Balak saide vnto Balaam, What hast thou done vnto mee? I tooke thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them altogether.

  • Num 22:21
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    21So Balaam rose vp early, and sadled his asse, and went with the princes of Moab.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
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    26And when the King of Moab saw that the battel was too sore for him, he tooke with him seuen hudreth men that drew the sword, to break through vnto the King of Edom: but they could not.

  • Num 24:10
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    10Then Balak was very angry with Balaam, and smote his handes together: so Balak sayde vnto Balaam, I sent for thee to curse mine enemies, and beholde, thou hast blessed them nowe three times.

  • Deut 23:4
    70%

    4Because they met you not with bread & water in the way, when yee came out of Egypt, and because they hyred against thee Balaam the sonne of Beor, of Pethor in Aram-naharaim, to curse thee.

  • Num 23:25
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    25Then Balak sayde vnto Balaam, Neither curse, nor blesse them at all.

  • Jer 48:24
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    24And vpon Kerioth, and vpon Bozrah, & vpon all the cities of ye land of Moab farre or neere.

  • Jer 48:26
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    26Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himselfe against the Lord: Moab shall wallowe in his vomite, and he also shalbe in derision.