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Keywords: Jericho, Jordan, Moab
Description: Numbers 22:1
NET Translation: The Israelites traveled on and camped in the rift valley plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan River across from Jericho.
DARBY Translation: And the children of Israel journeyed, and encamped in the plains of Moab on the other side of the Jordan from Jericho.
KJV Translation: And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan [by] Jericho.
Verse Intro: Balak Summons Balaam
Keywords: Balak, Zippor
Description: Numbers 22:2
NET Translation: Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites.
DARBY Translation: And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
KJV Translation: And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
Keywords: Midian
Description: Numbers 22:4
NET Translation: So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “Now this mass of people will lick up everything around us, as the bull devours the grass of the field.” Now Balak son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at this time.
DARBY Translation: And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this company lick up all that is round about us, as an ox licks up the green herb of the field. Now Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
KJV Translation: And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all [that are] round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor [was] king of the Moabites at that time.
Keywords: Divination, Moab, Balaam, Reward, Fee
Description: Numbers 22:7
NET Translation: So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fee for divination in their hands. They came to Balaam and reported to him the words of Balak.
DARBY Translation: And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed, having the rewards of divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.
KJV Translation: And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.
Description: Numbers 22:10
NET Translation: Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent a message to me, saying,
DARBY Translation: And Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me,
KJV Translation: And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, [saying],
Description: Numbers 22:13
NET Translation: 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.”
DARBY Translation: And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Go into your land; for Jehovah refuses to give me leave to go with you.
KJV Translation: And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
Description: Numbers 22:14
NET Translation: So the princes of Moab departed and went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
DARBY Translation: And the princes of Moab rose up; and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam has refused to come with us.
KJV Translation: And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.
Description: Numbers 22:15
NET Translation: Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first.
DARBY Translation: Then sent Balak yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
KJV Translation: And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.
Description: Numbers 22:16
NET Translation: And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Please do not let anything hinder you from coming to me.
DARBY Translation: And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: Suffer not thyself, I pray thee, to be restrained from coming to me;
KJV Translation: And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
Description: Numbers 22:18
NET Translation: Balaam 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.
DARBY Translation: And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the commandment of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.
KJV Translation: And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.
Description: Numbers 22:35
NET Translation: But 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.
DARBY Translation: And the Angel of Jehovah said to Balaam, Go with the men, but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that shalt thou speak. And Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
KJV Translation: And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
Description: Numbers 22:36
NET Translation: When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at a city of Moab that was on the border of the Arnon at the boundary of his territory.
DARBY Translation: And when Balak heard that Balaam came, he went out to meet him, to the city of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is at the extremity of the border.
KJV Translation: And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which [is] in the border of Arnon, which [is] in the utmost coast.
Description: Numbers 22:37
NET Translation: Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send again and again to you to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?”
DARBY Translation: And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to thee to call thee? why didst thou not come to me? am I not surely able to honour thee?
KJV Translation: And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?
Description: Numbers 22:38
NET Translation: Balaam said to Balak, “Look, I have come to you. Now, am I able to speak just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
DARBY Translation: And Balaam said to Balak, Lo, I am come to thee; but shall I now be able at all to say anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.
KJV Translation: And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.
Keywords: Kirjathhuzoth
Description: Numbers 22:39
NET Translation: So Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.
DARBY Translation: And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kirjath-huzoth.
KJV Translation: And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.
Description: Numbers 22:40
NET Translation: And Balak sacrificed bulls and sheep, and sent some to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.
DARBY Translation: And Balak offered oxen and small cattle, and sent to Balaam and to the princes that were with him.
KJV Translation: And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that [were] with him.
Keywords: Baal
Description: Numbers 22:41
NET Translation: Then on the next morning Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to Bamoth Baal. From there he saw the extent of the nation.
DARBY Translation: And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to the high places of Baal, and he saw from thence the extremity of the people.
KJV Translation: And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost [part] of the people.
Keywords: Seven, Altars, Rams, Oxen, Balaam, Balak
Description: Numbers 23:1
NET Translation: Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
DARBY Translation: And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
KJV Translation: And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
Verse Intro: Balaam's First Oracle
Description: Numbers 23:2
NET Translation: So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each altar a bull and a ram.
DARBY Translation: And Balak did as Balaam had said; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.
KJV Translation: And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram.
Description: Numbers 23:3
NET Translation: 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.
DARBY Translation: And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee. And he went to a hill.
KJV Translation: And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
Description: Numbers 23:5
NET Translation: Then the Lord put a message in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
KJV Translation: And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
Keywords: East, Curse, Jacob, Israel, Balaam, Parable
Description: Numbers 23:7
NET Translation: Then 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.’
DARBY Translation: And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, from the mountains of the east: Come, curse me Jacob, and come, denounce Israel!
KJV Translation: And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Description: Numbers 23:11
NET Translation: 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!”
DARBY Translation: And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.
KJV Translation: And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed [them] altogether.
Description: Numbers 23:13
NET Translation: Balak 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.”
DARBY Translation: And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou wilt see them; thou shalt see only the extremity of them and shalt not see them all, and curse me them from thence.
KJV Translation: And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
Verse Intro: Balaam's Second Oracle
Keywords: Zophim, Pisgah
Description: Numbers 23:14
NET Translation: So Balak brought Balaam to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
DARBY Translation: And he took him to the watchmen's field, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram on [each] altar.
KJV Translation: And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.
Description: Numbers 23:15
NET Translation: And Balaam said to Balak, “Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord there.”
DARBY Translation: And [Balaam] said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, and I will go to meet yonder.
KJV Translation: And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder.
Description: Numbers 23:16
NET Translation: Then the Lord met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you.”
DARBY Translation: And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
KJV Translation: And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
Description: Numbers 23:17
NET Translation: When 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?”
DARBY Translation: And he came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him; and Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?
KJV Translation: And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
Keywords: Balaam, Parable
Description: Numbers 23:18
NET Translation: Balaam uttered his oracle, and said, “Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor:
DARBY Translation: Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!
KJV Translation: And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
Description: Numbers 23:25
NET Translation: Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
DARBY Translation: And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
KJV Translation: And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
Description: Numbers 23:26
NET Translation: But Balaam replied to Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the Lord speaks, I must do’?”
DARBY Translation: And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah shall speak, that will I do?
KJV Translation: But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
Description: Numbers 23:27
NET Translation: Balak 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.”
DARBY Translation: And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence.
KJV Translation: And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
Keywords: Peor, Jeshimon
Description: Numbers 23:28
NET Translation: So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wastelands.
DARBY Translation: And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks over the surface of the waste.
KJV Translation: And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
Description: Numbers 23:29
NET Translation: Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars here for me, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.”
DARBY Translation: And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
KJV Translation: And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Description: Numbers 23:30
NET Translation: So Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
DARBY Translation: And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar.
KJV Translation: And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.
Description: Numbers 24:10
NET Translation: Then 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!
DARBY Translation: Then Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast altogether blessed [them] these three times!
KJV Translation: And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed [them] these three times.
Description: Numbers 24:12
NET Translation: Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,
DARBY Translation: And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to thy messengers whom thou sentest to me, saying,
KJV Translation: And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
Description: Numbers 24:13
NET Translation: ‘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’?
DARBY Translation: If Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the commandment of Jehovah to do good or bad out of my heart: what Jehovah shall say, that will I speak?
KJV Translation: If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do [either] good or bad of mine own mind; [but] what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
Description: Numbers 24:25
NET Translation: Balaam got up and departed and returned to his home, and Balak also went his way.
DARBY Translation: And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.
KJV Translation: And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
Description: Joshua 24:9
NET Translation: Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack against Israel. He summoned Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment on you.
DARBY Translation: And Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you;
KJV Translation: Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:
Description: Judges 11:25
NET Translation: Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them?
DARBY Translation: And now art thou indeed better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive with Israel? did he ever fight against them?
KJV Translation: And now [art] thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
Keywords: Balaam, King, Moab, Remember, Shittim, Son
Description: Micah 6:5
NET Translation: My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly.”
DARBY Translation: My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah.
KJV Translation: O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
Keywords: Children, Doctrine
Description: Revelation 2:14
NET Translation: 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.
DARBY Translation: But I have a few things against thee: that thou hast there those who hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a snare before the sons of Israel, to eat [of] idol sacrifices and commit fornication.
KJV Translation: “But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.”