Num 22:2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
Num 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,
Num 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.
Num 22:10 And Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying,
Num 22:13 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.”
Num 22:14 So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
Num 22:15 Once again Balak sent princes, more in number and more honorable than these.
Num 22:16 And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: ‘Let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
Num 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.
Num 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.
Num 22:36 When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, on the border formed by the Arnon, at the extremity of the border.
Num 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?”
Num 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.”
Num 22:39 Then Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
Num 22:40 And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent for Balaam and for the princes who were with him.
Num 22:41 And in the morning Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal, and from there he saw a fraction of the people.
Num 23:1 And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
Num 23:2 Balak did as Balaam had said. And Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
Num 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,
Num 23:5 And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
Num 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!’
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains:
‘Come, curse Jacob for me,
and come, denounce Israel!’
Num 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.”
Num 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.”
Num 23:15 Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord over there.”
Num 23:16 And the Lord met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.”
Num 23:17 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?”
Num 23:18 And Balaam took up his discourse and said,“Rise, Balak, and hear;
give ear to me, O son of Zippor:
give ear to me, O son of Zippor:
Num 23:25 And Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all, and do not bless them at all.”
Num 23:26 But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the Lord says, that I must do’?”
Num 23:27 And Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”
Num 23:28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.
Num 23:29 And Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
Num 23:30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Num 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.
Num 24:12 And Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me,
Num 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’?
Num 24:25 Then Balaam rose and went back to his place. And Balak also went his way.
Jos 24:9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel. And he sent and invited Balaam the son of Beor to curse you,
Judg 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?
Mic 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 righteous acts of the Lord.”
and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal,
that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord.”
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