Numbers 22:28
Then 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?”
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Referenced Verses
- 2 Pet 2:16 : 16 yet was rebuked for his own transgression(a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet’s madness).
- Exod 4:11 : 11 The LORD said to him,“Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
- Luke 1:37 : 37 For nothing will be impossible with God.”
- Rom 8:22 : 22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now.
- 1 Cor 1:19 : 19 For it is written,“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent.”
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- Num 22:17-2711 verses88%
17For I will honor you greatly, and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.’”
18Balaam replied to the servants of Balak,“Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment of the LORD my God to do less or more.
19Now therefore, please stay the night here also, that I may know what more the LORD might say to me.”
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.
27When 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.
- Num 22:29-357 verses87%
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).
- Num 23:11-122 verses75%
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 23:16-183 verses75%
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?”
18Balaam Prophesies Again Balaam uttered his oracle, and said,“Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor:
- Num 23:2-54 verses74%
2So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
3Balaam said to Balak,“Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go off; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Then he went to a deserted height.
4Then God met Balaam, who said to him,“I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram.”
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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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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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 22:38-392 verses72%
38Balaam said to Balak,“Look, I have come to you. Now, am I able to speak just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
39So Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
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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;
- Num 22:9-102 verses72%
9And God came to Balaam and said,“Who are these men with you?”
10Balaam said to God,“Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent a message to me, saying,
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12Balaam said to Balak,“Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,
- Num 23:25-273 verses71%
25Balaam Relocates Yet Again Balak said to Balaam,“Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
26But Balaam replied to Balak,“Did I not tell you,‘All that the LORD speaks, I must do’?”
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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27He told his sons,“Saddle my donkey.” So they saddled it.
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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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7Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying,“Balak, the king of Moab, brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying,‘Come, pronounce a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’
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27When one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey at their resting place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.
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12But God said to Balaam,“You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
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6So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”
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10I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.
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2Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.