Numbers 23:13
Balak said to him,“Please come with me to another place from which you can observe them. You will see only a part of them, but you will not see all of them. Curse them for me from there.”
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- Num 22:41 : 41 Then on the next morning Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to Bamoth Baal. From there he saw the extent of the nation.
- Josh 24:9 : 9 Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack against Israel. He summoned Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment on you.
- 1 Kgs 20:23 : 23 Now the advisers of the king of Syria said to him:“Their God is a god of the mountains. That’s why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them.
- 1 Kgs 20:28 : 28 The prophet visited the king of Israel and said,“This is what the LORD has said:‘Because the Syrians said,“The LORD is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys,” I will deliver this entire huge army into to your control. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
- Ps 109:17 : 17 He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings.
- Mic 6:5 : 5 My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the LORD has treated you fairly.”
- Jas 3:9-9 : 9 With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God’s image. 10 From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters.
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- Num 23:25-306 verses90%
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.”
28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wastelands.
29Then Balaam said to Balak,“Build seven altars here for me, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.”
30So Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
- Num 23:7-82 verses85%
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.’
8How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the LORD has not denounced?
- Num 23:11-122 verses82%
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 23:1-33 verses82%
1Balaam Blesses Israel Balaam said to Balak,“Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
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.
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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.
- Num 22:5-73 verses81%
5And he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates River in the land of Amaw, to summon him, saying,“Look, a nation has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are settling next to me.
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.”
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.
- Num 23:14-185 verses81%
14So Balak brought Balaam to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
15And Balaam said to Balak,“Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD there.”
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 22:16-183 verses81%
16And they came to Balaam and said to him,“Thus says Balak son of Zippor:‘Please do not let anything hinder you from coming to me.
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.
- Num 22:10-145 verses81%
10Balaam said to God,“Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent a message to me, saying,
11“Look, a nation has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth. Come now and put a curse on them for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out.”
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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9Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack against Israel. He summoned Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment on you.
- Num 22:35-395 verses79%
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.
36Balaam Meets Balak When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at a city of Moab which was on the border of the Arnon at the boundary of his territory.
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.”
39So Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
- Deut 23:4-52 verses78%
4for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you.
5But the LORD your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the LORD your God loves you.
- Num 24:10-134 verses77%
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!
11So now, go back where you came from! I said that I would greatly honor you, but now the LORD has stood in the way of your honor.”
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’?
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2Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.
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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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2for they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them.(Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)
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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.
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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.”