Joshua 24:9

Webster's Bible (1833)

Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel: and he sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;

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  • Judg 11:25 : 25 Now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?
  • Mic 6:5 : 5 My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, That you may know the righteous acts of Yahweh."
  • Num 22:2 : 2 Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
  • Num 22:5-9 : 5 He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they abide over against me. 6 Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed. 7 The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. 8 He said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. 9 God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you? 10 Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, [saying], 11 Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers the surface of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out. 12 God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people; for they are blessed. 13 Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Yahweh refuses to give me leave to go with you. 14 The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us. 15 Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they. 16 They came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me: 17 for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me. 18 Balaam answered the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more. 19 Now therefore, please wait also here this night, that I may know what Yahweh will speak to me more. 20 God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men are come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that shall you do. 21 Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
  • Deut 23:4-5 : 4 because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. 5 Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn't listen to Balaam; but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

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  • Num 22:9-17
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    9God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you?

    10Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, [saying],

    11Behold, the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers the surface of the earth: now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.

    12God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.

    13Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for Yahweh refuses to give me leave to go with you.

    14The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us.

    15Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they.

    16They came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me:

    17for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.

  • Num 23:7-8
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    7He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, Come, defy Israel.

    8How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy, whom Yahweh has not defied?

  • Num 24:9-10
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    9He couched, he lay down as a lion, As a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed be everyone who blesses you, Cursed be everyone who curses you.

    10Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times.

  • Josh 24:10
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    10but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

  • Num 22:4-7
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    4Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.

    5He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they abide over against me.

    6Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.

    7The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.

  • Num 22:2
    81%

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

  • Deut 23:4-5
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    4because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

    5Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn't listen to Balaam; but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

  • Num 23:11
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    11Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether.

  • Judg 11:25
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    25Now are you anything better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them?

  • Num 23:27-28
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    27Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from there.

    28Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.

  • Num 23:16-18
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    16Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.

    17He came to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, What has Yahweh spoken?

    18He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Zippor:

  • Num 23:13
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    13Balak said to him, Please come with me to another place, from whence you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there.

  • Num 23:25
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    25Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

  • Neh 13:2
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    2because they didn't meet the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, to curse them: however our God turned the curse into a blessing.

  • Num 22:39-41
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    39Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.

    40Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.

    41It happened in the morning, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there the utmost part of the people.

  • Num 22:36-37
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    36When Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.

    37Balak said to Balaam, Didn't I earnestly send to you to call you? why didn't you come to me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?

  • Num 24:1-2
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    76%

    1When Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he didn't go, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

    2Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.

  • Num 24:12
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    12Balaam said to Balak, Didn't I also tell your messengers who you sent to me, saying,

  • Josh 13:22
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    22Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel kill with the sword among the rest of their slain.

  • Num 24:25
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    25Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.

  • Num 23:2
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    2Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.

  • Num 23:5
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    5Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.

  • Num 22:20
    74%

    20God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men are come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that shall you do.

  • Num 31:16
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    16Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against Yahweh in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of Yahweh.