Numbers 23:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

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  • Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the nations rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, 3 Let us break their bonds apart, and cast away their cords from us.

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  • Num 22:10-14
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    87%

    10 And Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying,

    11 Look, a people has come out of Egypt, which covers the face of the earth; come now, curse them for me; perhaps I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

    12 And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed.

    13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Go back to your land: for the LORD refuses to let me go with you.

    14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.

  • Num 23:11-13
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    11 And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them abundantly.

    12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak what the LORD has put in my mouth?

    13 And Balak said to him, Come, please, with me to another place from where you can see them; you shall see only the utmost part of them and shall not see them all, and curse them for me from there.

  • Num 23:26-28
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    26 But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell you, All that the LORD speaks, I must do?

    27 And Balak said to Balaam, Come, please, I will bring you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.

    28 And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks toward Jeshimon.

  • Num 22:16-18
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    16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray you, hinder you from coming to me:

    17 For I will promote you to very great honor, and I will do whatever you say to me: come therefore, I pray you, curse this people for me.

    18 And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

  • Num 23:7-8
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    7 And he took up his parable and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel.

    8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? Or how shall I defy whom the LORD has not defied?

  • Num 24:9-10
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    9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion, and like a great lion; who shall stir him up? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you.

    10 And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.

  • Num 24:12-13
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    12 And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,

    13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own mind; but what the LORD says, that will I speak?

  • Deut 23:4-6
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    4 Because they did not meet you with bread and water on the way, when you came out of Egypt; and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

    5 Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loved you.

    6 You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days forever.

  • Num 24:1
    79%

    1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

  • Num 23:15-18
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    15 And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.

    16 And the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak and say thus.

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

    18 And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, son of Zippor:

  • Num 22:5-7
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    5 He sent messengers therefore to 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, Look, a people has come out of Egypt; see, they cover the face of the earth, and they dwell opposite me.

    6 Come now therefore, I pray you, curse this people for me, for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.

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

  • Josh 24:9-10
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    9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

    10 But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

  • Num 23:5
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    5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.

  • Neh 13:2
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    2 because they did not meet the children of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them; however, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

  • Num 23:1-3
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    1 And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.

    2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

    3 And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me, I will tell you. And he went to a high place.

  • Num 22:37-39
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    37 And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?

    38 And Balaam said to Balak, Look, I have come to you: do I have any power at all to say anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.

    39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kirjathhuzoth.

  • Num 22:35
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    35 And the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

  • Num 22:20
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    20 And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call you, rise up, and go with them; but only the word which I shall say to you, that shall you do.

  • Num 24:25
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    25 And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.

  • Num 22:41
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    41 And it happened on the next day, that Balak took Balaam and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that from there he might see the furthest part of the people.

  • Num 23:30
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    30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.