Numbers 24:1

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Balaam 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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  • Num 23:23 : 23 For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel,‘Look at what God has done!’
  • Num 23:3 : 3 Balaam 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.
  • Num 23:15 : 15 And Balaam said to Balak,“Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD there.”
  • Num 23:20 : 20 Indeed, I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
  • Num 22:13 : 13 So 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.”
  • Num 23:28 : 28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wastelands.
  • Num 31:16 : 16 Look, 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!
  • 1 Sam 24:20 : 20 Now look, I realize that you will in fact be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.
  • 1 Sam 26:2 : 2 So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand select men of Israel, to look for David in the wilderness of Ziph.
  • 1 Sam 26:25 : 25 Saul replied to David,“May you be rewarded, my son David! You will without question be successful!” So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
  • Rev 2:14 : 14 But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

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  • Num 24:2-3
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    84%

    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;

  • Num 22:12-14
    3 verses
    80%

    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.”

  • Num 23:25-28
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    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.

  • Num 24:25
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    25Balaam got up and departed and returned to his home, and Balak also went his way.

  • Num 23:1-5
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    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.

    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.”

  • Num 23:15-17
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    78%

    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?”

  • Josh 24:9-10
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    77%

    9Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack against Israel. He summoned Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment on you.

    10I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.

  • Deut 23:4-5
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    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.

  • Neh 13:2
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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.)

  • Num 22:41
    77%

    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 23:11-13
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    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?”

    13Balak 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.”

  • Num 22:31
    76%

    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.

  • Num 22:34-36
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    76%

    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.

    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.

  • Num 23:7
    76%

    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.’

  • Num 22:20-23
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    75%

    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.

  • Num 22:5
    75%

    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.

  • Num 24:10
    75%

    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 22:7
    75%

    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 22:39
    75%

    39So Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.

  • Num 24:12-13
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    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 22:18
    75%

    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 22:2
    74%

    2Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.

  • Num 24:15
    74%

    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 22:10
    73%

    10Balaam said to God,“Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent a message to me, saying,