Numbers 22:4

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son 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 slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian. 16 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Vex the Midianites, and smite them: 18 For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake.
  • Num 31:8 : 8 And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword.
  • Josh 13:21-22 : 21 And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. 22 Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.
  • Judg 11:25 : 25 And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
  • Jer 48:38 : 38 There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD.
  • Num 22:2 : 2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
  • Num 22:7 : 7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
  • Num 24:17 : 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.

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  • Num 22:1-3
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    1And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.

    2And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.

    3And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.

  • Num 22:5-8
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    5He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:

    6Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

    7And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

    8And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

  • Josh 24:9
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    9Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

  • Num 22:10-11
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    10And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

    11Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

  • Num 23:16-18
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    16And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.

    17And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?

    18And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

  • Judg 11:25
    77%

    25And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,

  • Num 23:5-7
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    5And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

    6And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.

    7And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

  • Num 22:39-41
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    39And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth.

    40And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.

    41And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

  • Num 22:36
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    36And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.

  • Num 22:14-16
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    14And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

    15And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.

    16And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:

  • 2 Kgs 3:23-24
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    23And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil.

    24And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country.

  • Num 23:13
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    13And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

  • Mic 6:5
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    5O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

  • 2 Kgs 3:21
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    21And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armour, and upward, and stood in the border.

  • Num 23:2
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    2And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

  • Num 23:27-28
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    27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

    28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.

  • Jer 48:42
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    42And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD.

  • Josh 13:22
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    22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them.

  • Num 23:11
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    11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

  • Num 22:21
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    21And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
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    26And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.

  • Num 24:10
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    10And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.

  • Deut 23:4
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    4Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.

  • Num 23:25
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    25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

  • Jer 48:24
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    24And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near.

  • Jer 48:26
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    26Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision.