Balak Summons Balaam
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Then i the people of Israel set out and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
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And j Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
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And k Moab was in great dread of the people, because they were many. Moab was overcome with fear of the people of Israel.
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And Moab said to l the elders of Midian, "This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field." So Balak the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time,
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m sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor n at Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the people of Amaw, to call him, saying, "Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me.
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o Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."
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So the elders of Moab and l the elders of Midian departed with p the fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak's message.
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And he said to them, "Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the Lord speaks to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
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q And God came to Balaam and said, "Who are these men with you?"
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And Balaam said to God, "Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying,
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'Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth. Now come, curse them for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.'"
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God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for r they are blessed."
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So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, "Go to your own land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you."
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So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."
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Once again Balak sent princes, more in number and more honorable than these.
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And they came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: 'Let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
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s for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. t Come, curse this people for me.'"
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But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, u "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, v I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more.
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So you, too, w please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me."
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q And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; x but only do what I tell you."
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So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.
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Cross References
Numbers 26:3
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Numbers 36:13
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Judges 11:25
Now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend against Israel, or did he ever go to war with them?
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Exodus 15:15
Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; trembling seizes the leaders of Moab; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.
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Numbers 31:8
They killed the kings of Midian with the rest of their slain, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the five kings of Midian. And they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword.
Joshua 13:21
That is, all the cities of the tableland, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses defeated with the leaders of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land.
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Deuteronomy 23:4
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Joshua 24:9
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Nehemiah 13:2
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Micah 6:5
O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab d...
2 Peter 2:15
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Jude 1:11
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Revelation 2:14
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 23:4
Because they did not meet you with bread and with water on the way, when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
Numbers 23:7
And Balaam took up his discourse and said, "From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: 'Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!
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Numbers 23:7
And Balaam took up his discourse and said, "From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the eastern mountains: 'Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, denounce Israel!
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Numbers 22:4
And Moab said to the elders of Midian, "This horde will now lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field." So Balak the son of Zippor, who was king of Moab at that time.
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Cross References
1 Samuel 9:7 - 8
Then Saul said to his servant, "But if we go, what can we bring the man? For the bread in our sacks is gone, and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?
Micah 3:11
Its heads give judgment for a bribe; its priests teach for a price; its prophets practice divination for money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, "Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No disaster shall come upon us.
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Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is a man's wife.
Job 33:15 - 16
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds.
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Numbers 23:20
Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.
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Numbers 22:37
And Balak said to Balaam, "Did I not send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?
Numbers 24:11
Therefore now flee to your own place. I said, 'I will certainly honor you,' but the Lord has held you back from honor.
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Cross References
Numbers 22:11
'Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth. Now come, curse them for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.'"
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Numbers 24:13
If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will. What the Lord speaks, that will I speak'?
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Numbers 22:38
Balaam said to Balak, "Behold, I have come to you! Have I now any power of my own to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak.
Numbers 23:26
But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'All that the Lord says, that I must do'?
1 Kings 22:14
But Micaiah said, "As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that I will speak.
2 Chronicles 18:13
But Micaiah said, "As the Lord lives, what my God says, that I will speak.
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Cross References
Numbers 22:8
And he said to them, "Lodge here tonight, and I will bring back word to you, as the Lord speaks to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
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Numbers 22:9
And God came to Balaam and said, "Who are these men with you?
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Numbers 22:35
And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but speak only the word that I tell you." So Balaam went on with the princes of Balak.
Numbers 23:12
And he answered and said, "Must I not take care to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?
Numbers 23:26
But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'All that the Lord says, that I must do'?
Numbers 24:13
If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will. What the Lord speaks, that will I speak'?
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