Numbers 22:27
When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she crouched down under Balaam. Then Balaam was angry, and he beat his donkey with a staff.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 14:16 : 16 A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident.
- Prov 27:3-4 : 3 A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them. 4 Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy?
- Jas 1:19 : 19 Living Out the Message Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.
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- Num 22:20-267 verses93%
20God came to Balaam that night, and said to him,“If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them, but the word that I will say to you, that you must do.”
21So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
22God Opposes Balaam Then God’s anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him.
23And the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road.
24Then the angel of the LORD stood in a path among the vineyards, where there was a wall on either side.
25And when the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed herself into the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So he beat her again.
26Then the angel of the LORD went farther, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.
- Num 22:28-358 verses88%
28Then the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam,“What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”
29And Balaam said to the donkey,“You have made me look stupid; I wish there were a sword in my hand, for I would kill you right now.”
30The donkey said to Balaam,“Am I not your donkey that you have ridden ever since I was yours until this day? Have I ever attempted to treat you this way?” And he said,“No.”
31Then the LORD opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his sword drawn in his hand; so he bowed his head and threw himself down with his face to the ground.
32The angel of the LORD said to him,“Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me.
33The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive.”
34Balaam said to the angel of the LORD,“I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood against me in the road. So now, if it is evil in your sight, I will go back home.”
35But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam,“Go with the men, but you may only speak the word that I will speak to you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
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16yet was rebuked for his own transgression(a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness).
- 1 Kgs 13:27-282 verses74%
27He told his sons,“Saddle my donkey.” So they saddled it.
28He went and found the body lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it; the lion had neither eaten the body nor attacked the donkey.
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10Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam,“I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times!
- Num 23:16-172 verses73%
16Then the LORD met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said,“Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”
17When Balaam came to him, he was still standing by his burnt offering, along with the princes of Moab. And Balak said to him,“What has the LORD spoken?”
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13He then told his sons,“Saddle the donkey for me.” When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it
- 1 Kgs 13:23-242 verses72%
23So this is what happened after he had eaten food and drunk water. The old prophet saddled the donkey for the prophet whom he had brought back.
24So the prophet from Judah travelled on. Then a lion attacked him on the road and killed him.There was his body lying on the road, with the donkey standing next to it, and the lion just standing there by the body.
- Num 23:11-122 verses71%
11Balaam Relocates Then Balak said to Balaam,“What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but on the contrary you have only blessed them!”
12Balaam replied,“Must I not be careful to speak what the LORD has put in my mouth?”
- Num 22:39-413 verses71%
39So Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
40And Balak sacrificed bulls and sheep, and sent some to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.
41Then on the next morning Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to Bamoth Baal. From there he saw the extent of the nation.
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5Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said,“Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”
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2So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
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23When Abigail saw David, she got down quickly from the donkey, threw herself facedown before David, and bowed to the ground.
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3A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!
- Num 24:1-33 verses70%
1Balaam Prophesies Yet Again When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at the other times to seek for omens, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
2When Balaam lifted up his eyes, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
3Then he uttered this oracle:“The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;
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27Balak said to Balaam,“Come, please; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.”
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7So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fee for divination in their hand. They came to Balaam and reported to him the words of Balak.
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3Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about.
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22The Israelites killed Balaam son of Beor, the omen reader, along with the others.
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2Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.
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15Balaam Prophesies a Fourth Time Then he uttered this oracle:“The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;
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5If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load, you must not ignore him, but be sure to help him with it.
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10Balaam said to God,“Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent a message to me, saying,
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20Riding on her donkey, she went down under cover of the mountain. David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she encountered them.
- Num 22:12-132 verses69%
12But God said to Balaam,“You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
13So Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak,“Go to your land, for the LORD has refused to permit me to go with you.”
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16Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the LORD in the matter of Peor– which resulted in the plague among the community of the LORD!
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25Balaam Relocates Yet Again Balak said to Balaam,“Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
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24She saddled the donkey and told her servant,“Lead on. Do not stop unless I say so.”