Numbers 22 - 24
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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.
9
q And God came to Balaam and said, "Who are these men with you?"
10
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.'"
12
God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for r they are blessed."
13
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."
14
So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, "Balaam refuses to come with us."
15
Once again Balak sent princes, more in number and more honorable than these.
16
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.'"
18
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.
19
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."
21
So Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.
22
But God's anger was kindled because he went, y and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the way z as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him.
23
And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with a drawn sword in his hand. And the donkey turned aside out of the road and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the road.
24
Then the angel of the Lord stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, with a wall on either side.
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And when the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she pushed against the wall and pressed Balaam's foot against the wall. So he struck her again.
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Then the angel of the Lord went ahead and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left.
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When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she lay down under Balaam. And Balaam's anger was kindled, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
28
Then the Lord a opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?"
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And Balaam said to the donkey, "Because you have made a fool of me. I wish I had a sword in my hand, for then I would kill you."
30
And the donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long to this day? Is it my habit to treat you this way?" And he said, "No."
31
Then the Lord b opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way, with his drawn sword in his hand. And he bowed down and fell on his face.
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And the angel of the Lord said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out c to oppose you because your way is perverse before me.
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The donkey saw me and turned aside before me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, surely just now I would have killed you and let her live."
34
Then Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, d "I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood in the road against me. Now therefore, if it is evil in your sight, I will turn back."
35
And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, "Go with the men, e but speak only the word that I tell you." So Balaam went on with the princes of Balak.
36
When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, f on the border formed by the Arnon, at the extremity of the border.
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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 g honor you?"
38
Balaam said to Balak, "Behold, I have come to you! Have I now any power of my own to speak anything? h The word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak."
39
Then Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
40
And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent for Balaam and for the princes who were with him.
41
And in the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and from there he saw a fraction of the people.
Numbers 23
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And Balaam said to Balak, i "Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."
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Balak did as Balaam had said. And Balak and Balaam j offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
3
And Balaam said to Balak, k "Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come l to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you." And he went to a bare height,
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m and God met Balaam. And Balaam said to him, "I have arranged the seven altars and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram."
5
And the Lord n put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."
6
And he returned to him, and behold, he and all the princes of Moab were standing beside his burnt offering.
7
And Balaam o took up his discourse and said,
"From p Aram Balak has brought me,
the king of Moab q from the eastern mountains:
'Come, r curse Jacob for me,
and come, denounce Israel!'
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How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
9
For from the top of the crags s I see him,
from the hills I behold him;
behold, t a people dwelling alone,
and u not counting itself among the nations!
10
v Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die w the death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!"
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And Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? x I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them."
12
And he answered and said, y "Must I not take care to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?"
13
And Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, from which you may see them. You shall see only a fraction of them and shall not see them all. Then curse them for me from there."
14
And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, z and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
15
Balaam said to Balak, a "Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord over there."
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And the Lord met Balaam and b put a word in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak."
17
And he came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, "What has the Lord spoken?"
18
And Balaam took up his discourse and said,
"Rise, Balak, and hear;
give ear to me, O son of Zippor:
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c God is not man, that he should lie,
or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
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Behold, I received a command to bless:
d he has blessed, and e I cannot revoke it.
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f He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob,
nor has he seen trouble in Israel.
The Lord their God is with them,
and the shout of a king is among them.
22
g God brings them out of Egypt
and is for them like h the horns of the wild ox.
23
For there is no enchantment against Jacob,
no i divination against Israel;
now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel,
j 'What has God wrought!'
24
Behold, a people! k As a lioness it rises up
and as a lion it lifts itself;
l it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey
and drunk the blood of the slain."
25
And Balak said to Balaam, "Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all."
26
But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell you, m 'All that the Lord says, that I must do'?"
27
And Balak said to Balaam, n "Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there."
28
So Balak took Balaam to the top of o Peor, which overlooks p the desert.
29
And Balaam said to Balak, q "Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."
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r And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Numbers 24
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When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go, as at s other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.
2
And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel t camping tribe by tribe. And u the Spirit of God came upon him,
3
and he v took up his discourse and said,
"The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
4
the oracle of him who hears the words of God,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
w falling down with his eyes uncovered:
5
How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,
your encampments, O Israel!
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Like palm groves that stretch afar,
like gardens beside a river,
x like aloes y that the Lord has planted,
like cedar trees beside the waters.
7
Water shall flow from his buckets,
and his seed shall be z in many waters;
his king shall be higher than a Agag,
and b his kingdom shall be exalted.
8
God brings him out of Egypt
and is for him like the c horns of the wild ox;
he shall d eat up the nations, his adversaries,
and shall e break their bones in pieces
and f pierce them through with his arrows.
9
He crouched, he lay down like a lion
and g like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
h Blessed are those who bless you,
and cursed are those who curse you."
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And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he i struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, j "I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times.
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Therefore now flee to your own place. I said, k 'I will certainly honor you,' but the Lord has held you back from honor."
12
And Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me,
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l '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 m of my own will. What the Lord speaks, that will I speak'?
14
And now, behold, I am going to my people. Come, n I will let you know what this people will do to your people o in the latter days."
15
p And he took up his discourse and said,
"The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
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the oracle of him who hears the words of God,
and knows the knowledge of q the Most High,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
r falling down with his eyes uncovered:
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s I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near:
t a star shall come out of Jacob,
and u a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall v crush the forehead of Moab
and break down all the sons of Sheth.
18
w Edom shall be dispossessed;
x Seir also, his enemies, shall be dispossessed.
Israel is doing valiantly.
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And one from Jacob shall exercise dominion
and destroy the survivors of cities!"
20
Then he looked on Amalek and y took up his discourse and said,
"Amalek was the first among the nations,
z but its end is utter destruction."
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And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his discourse and said,
"Enduring is your dwelling place,
and your nest is set in the rock.
22
Nevertheless, Kain shall be burned
when Asshur takes you away captive."
23
And he took up his discourse and said,
"Alas, who shall live when God does this?
24
But ships shall come from a Kittim
and shall afflict Asshur and b Eber;
and he too c shall come to utter destruction."
25
Then Balaam rose and d went back to his place. And Balak also went his way.
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Numbers 26:3
And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with the...
Numbers 26:63
These were those listed by Moses and Eleazar th...
Numbers 31:12
Then they brought the captives and the plunder ...
Numbers 33:48
And they set out from the mountains of Abarim a...
Numbers 33:50
And the Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Mo...
Numbers 35:1
The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab b...
Numbers 36:13
These are the commandments and the rules that t...
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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
Because they did not meet you with bread and wi...
Joshua 24:9
Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, aro...
Nehemiah 13:2
For they did not meet the people of Israel with...
Micah 6:5
O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab d...
2 Peter 2:15
Forsaking the right way, they have gone astray....
Jude 1:11
Woe to them! For they walked in the way of Cain...
Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against you: you have s...
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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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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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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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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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Exodus 4:24
At a lodging place on the way the Lord met him and sought to put him to death.
1 Chronicles 21:16
And David lifted his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces.
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Numbers 22:32
And the angel of the Lord said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you because your way is perverse before me.
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2 Peter 2:16
But was rebuked for his own transgression; a speechless donkey spoke with human voice and restrained the prophet's madness.
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Genesis 21:19
Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. And she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.
2 Kings 6:17
Then Elisha prayed and said, "O Lord, please open his eyes that he may see." So the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.
Luke 24:16
But their eyes were kept from recognizing him.
Luke 24:31
And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their sight.
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Numbers 22:22
But God's anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the Lord took his stand in the way as his adversary. Now he was riding on the donkey, and his two servants were with him.
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1 Samuel 15:24
Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.
1 Samuel 26:21
Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and have made a great mistake.
2 Samuel 12:13
David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord." And Nathan said to David, "The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die.
Job 34:31 - 32
For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more.
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Numbers 22:20
And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only do what I tell you.
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Numbers 21:13
From there they set out and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites.
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Numbers 22:17
For I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Come, curse this people for me.'
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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Numbers 22:18
But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more.
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Numbers 23:29
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.
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Numbers 23:14
And he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Numbers 23:30
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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Numbers 23:15
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord over there.
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Numbers 24:1
When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.
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Numbers 23:16
And the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.
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Numbers 23:12
And he answered and said, "Must I not take care...
Numbers 23:16
And the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his m...
Numbers 22:38
Balaam said to Balak, "Behold, I have come to y...
Deuteronomy 18:18
I will raise up for them a prophet like you fro...
Isaiah 51:16
And I have put my words in your mouth and cover...
Isaiah 59:21
"And as for me, this is my covenant with them,"...
Jeremiah 1:9
Then the Lord put out his hand and touched my m...
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Numbers 23:18
And Balaam took up his discourse and said, "Ris...
Numbers 24:3
And he took up his discourse and said, "The ora...
Numbers 24:15
And he took up his discourse and said, "The ora...
Numbers 24:20 - 21
Then he looked on Amalek and took up his discou...
Numbers 24:23
And he took up his discourse and said, "Alas, w...
Job 27:1
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
Job 29:1
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
Psalms 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will solv...
Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter...
Isaiah 14:4
You will take up this taunt against the king of...
Micah 2:4
In that day they shall take up a taunt song aga...
Numbers 21:27
Therefore the ballad singers say, "Come to Hesh...
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Numbers 22:5
Sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor 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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Genesis 29:1
Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
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Numbers 22:6
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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Numbers 24:17
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near: a star shall come out of Jacob, and a scepter shall rise out of Israel; it shall crush the forehead of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth.
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Deuteronomy 32:28
For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.
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Exodus 33:16
For how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?
Ezra 9:2
For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost.
Esther 3:8
Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom. Their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not to the king's profit to tolerate them.
Ephesians 2:14
For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
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Genesis 13:16
I will make your offspring as the dust of the earth, so that if one can count the dust of the earth, your offspring also can be counted.
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Psalms 37:37
Mark the blameless and behold the upright, for there is a future for the man of peace.
Psalms 116:15
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!
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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.'"
Numbers 24:10
And Balak'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 blessed them these three times.
Deuteronomy 23:5
But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.
Nehemiah 13:2
For they did not meet the people of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them - yet our God turned the curse into a blessing.
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Numbers 23:5
And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
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Numbers 23:1 - 2
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.
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Numbers 23:3
And Balaam said to Balak, "Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you." And he went to a bare height.
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Numbers 23:5
And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
Numbers 23:12
And he answered and said, "Must I not take care to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?
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1 Samuel 15:29
And also the Glory of Israel will not lie or ha...
Malachi 3:6
For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O ...
Romans 11:29
For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevo...
Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, who never l...
Hebrews 6:18
So that by two unchangeable things, in which it...
James 1:17
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from ...
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Numbers 22:12
God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.
Genesis 12:2
And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 22:17
I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies.
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Numbers 22:18
But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more.
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Jeremiah 50:20
In those days and in that time, declares the Lord, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.
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Numbers 24:8
God brings him out of Egypt and is for him like the horns of the wild ox; he shall eat up the nations, his adversaries, and shall break their bones in pieces and pierce them through with his arrows.
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Deuteronomy 33:17
A firstborn bull - he has majesty, and his horns are the horns of a wild ox; with them he shall gore the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth; they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Job 39:9 - 12
Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he spend the night at your manger?
Psalms 22:21
Save me from the mouth of the lion! You have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen!
Psalms 92:10
But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; you have poured over me fresh oil.
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Numbers 22:7
So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak's message.
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Psalms 44:1
O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, what deeds you performed in their days, in the days of old:
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Genesis 49:9
Judah is a lion's cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
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Genesis 49:27
"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at evening dividing the spoil."
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Numbers 22:18
But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more.
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Numbers 23:13
And Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, from which you may see them. You shall see only a fraction of them and shall not see them all. Then curse them for me from there.
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Numbers 25:18
For they have harassed you with their wiles, wi...
Numbers 31:16
Behold, these, on Balaam's advice, caused the p...
Joshua 22:17
Have we not had enough of the sin at Peor from ...
Psalms 106:28 - 29
Then they yoked themselves to the Baal of Peor,...
Hosea 9:10
Like grapes in the wilderness, I found Israel. ...
Numbers 25:3
So Israel yoked himself to Baal of Peor. And th...
Numbers 25:5
And Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Each o...
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Numbers 21:20
And from Bamoth to the valley lying in the region of Moab by the top of Pisgah that looks down on the desert.
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Numbers 23:1
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.
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Numbers 23:2
Balak did as Balaam had said. And Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
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Numbers 23:3
And Balaam said to Balak, "Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you." And he went to a bare height.
Numbers 23:15
Balaam said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord over there.
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Numbers 2:22 - 31
Then the tribe of Benjamin, the chief of the people of Benjamin being Abidan the son of Gideoni.
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Judges 3:10
The Spirit of the Lord was upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand. And his hand prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim.
1 Samuel 19:20
Then Saul sent messengers to take David, and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as head over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
1 Samuel 19:23
And he went there to Naioth in Ramah. And the Spirit of God came upon him also, and as he went he prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah.
2 Chronicles 15:1
The Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.
2 Chronicles 20:14
And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.
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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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Ezekiel 1:28
Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking.
Ezekiel 3:23
So I arose and went out into the valley, and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory that I had seen by the Chebar canal, and I fell on my face.
Revelation 1:10
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet
Revelation 1:17
When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last.
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Psalms 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers.
Jeremiah 17:8
He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.
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Psalms 104:16
The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted.
Isaiah 61:3
To grant to those who mourn in Zion - to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.
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Jeremiah 51:13
O you who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
Revelation 17:1
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters.
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1 Samuel 15:8
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword.
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2 Samuel 5:12
And David knew that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
1 Chronicles 14:2
And David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.
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Numbers 23:22
God brings them out of Egypt and is for them like the horns of the wild ox.
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Numbers 14:9
Only do not rebel against the Lord. And do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.
Numbers 23:24
Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up and as a lion it lifts itself; it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.
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Isaiah 38:13
I calmed myself until morning; like a lion he breaks all my bones; from day to night you bring me to an end.
Jeremiah 50:17
Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.
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Psalms 45:5
Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you.
Jeremiah 50:9
For behold, I am stirring up and bringing against Babylon a gathering of great nations, from the north country. And they shall array themselves against her. From there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.
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Numbers 23:24
Behold, a people! As a lioness it rises up and as a lion it lifts itself; it does not lie down until it has devoured the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.
Genesis 49:9
Judah is a lion's cub; from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He stooped down; he crouched as a lion and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
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Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Genesis 27:29
Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and blessed be everyone who blesses you!
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Job 27:23
It claps its hands at him and hisses at him from its place.
Lamentations 2:15
All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?
Ezekiel 21:14
As for you, son of man, prophesy. Clap your hands and let the sword come down twice, yes, three times, the sword for those to be slain. It is the sword for the great slaughter, which surrounds them.
Ezekiel 21:17
I also will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury; I the Lord have spoken.
Ezekiel 22:13
Behold, I strike my hand at the dishonest gain that you have made, and at the blood that has been in your midst.
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Numbers 23:11
And Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them.
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Numbers 22:17
For I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Come, curse this people for me.
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?
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Numbers 22:18
But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more.
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Numbers 16:28
And Moses said, "Hereby you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, and that it has not been of my own accord.
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Micah 6:5
O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the saving acts of the Lord.
Revelation 2:14
But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality.
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Genesis 49:1
Then Jacob called his sons and said, "Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in days to come.
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Numbers 21:27
Therefore the ballad singers say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built; let the city of Sihon be established.
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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Acts 7:48
Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says.
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Numbers 24:4
The oracle of him who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down with his eyes uncovered:
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Numbers 23:9
For from the top of the crags I see him, from the hills I behold him; behold, a people dwelling alone, and not counting itself among the nations!
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Matthew 2:2
Saying, "Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.
Revelation 22:16
"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star."
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Genesis 49:10
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.
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Jeremiah 48:45
In the shadow of Heshbon fugitives stop without strength, for fire came out from Heshbon, flame from the house of Sihon; it has destroyed the forehead of Moab, the crown of the sons of tumult.
2 Samuel 8:2
And he defeated Moab and he measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground. Two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to be spared. And the Moabites became servants to David and brought tribute.
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2 Samuel 8:14
Then he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became David's servants. And the Lord gave victory to David wherever he went.
Psalms 60:8 - 9
Moab is my washbasin; upon Edom I cast my shoe; over Philistia I shout in triumph.
Amos 9:12
That they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations who are called by my name," declares the Lord who does this.
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Genesis 32:3
And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.
Genesis 36:8
So Esau settled in the hill country of Seir. ( Esau is Edom.)
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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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Exodus 17:14
Then the Lord said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.
1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction all that they have. Do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'
1 Samuel 15:8
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword.
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Genesis 10:4
The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim.
Daniel 11:30
For ships of Kittim shall come against him, and he shall be afraid and withdraw, and shall turn back and be enraged and take action against the holy covenant. He shall turn back and pay attention to those who forsake the holy covenant.
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Genesis 10:21
To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, children were born.
Genesis 10:25
To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan.
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Numbers 24:20
Then he looked on Amalek and took up his discourse and said, "Amalek was the first among the nations, but its end is utter destruction.
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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.
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