Numbers 22:30
The 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.”
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- 1 Cor 1:27-28 : 27 But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong. 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something,
- 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).
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- Num 22:17-2913 verses87%
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.
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.”
- Num 22:31-355 verses84%
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 24:12-132 verses75%
12Balaam said to Balak,“Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,
13‘If Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD to do either good or evil of my own will, but whatever the LORD tells me I must speak’?
- Num 23:25-273 verses75%
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.”
- Num 23:11-122 verses74%
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?”
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27He told his sons,“Saddle my donkey.” So they saddled it.
- Num 22:37-382 verses72%
37Balak said to Balaam,“Did I not send again and again to you to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?”
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.”
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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
- Num 22:9-102 verses71%
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,
- Num 23:16-183 verses71%
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:
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25Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them?
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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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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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5Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said,“Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”
- Num 22:12-143 verses71%
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.”
14So the princes of Moab departed and went back to Balak and said,“Balaam refused to come with us.”
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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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26He replied,“My lord the king, my servant deceived me! I said,‘Let me get my donkey saddled so that I can ride on it and go with the king,’ for I am lame.
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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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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.
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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!