Numbers 24:1
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Balaam’s Third Oracle
24 Now Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, so he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens but set his face toward the wilderness.(A)
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Numbers 24:1
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24 Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel,(A) he did not resort to divination(B) as at other times, but turned his face toward the wilderness.(C)
Numbers 23:23
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23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob,
no divination against Israel;
now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel,
‘See what God has done!’
Numbers 23:23
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Numbers 23:3
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3 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offerings while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” And he went to a bare height.(A)
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Numbers 23:3
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3 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet with me.(A) Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.” Then he went off to a barren height.
Revelation 2:14
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14 But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel, so that they would eat food sacrificed to idols and engage in sexual immorality.[a](A)
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- 2.14 Or prostitution
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Numbers 31:16
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16 These women here, on Balaam’s advice, made the Israelites act treacherously against the Lord in the affair of Peor, so that the plague came among the congregation of the Lord.(A)
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Numbers 31:16
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16 “They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice(A) and enticed the Israelites to be unfaithful to the Lord in the Peor incident,(B) so that a plague(C) struck the Lord’s people.
Numbers 23:28
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28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.[a]
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- 23.28 Or overlooks Jeshimon
Numbers 23:28
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28 And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor,(A) overlooking the wasteland.
Numbers 23:20
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20 See, I received a command to bless;
he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.(A)
Numbers 23:20
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Numbers 23:15
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15 Balaam[a] said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offerings, while I meet the Lord over there.”
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- 23.15 Heb he
Numbers 23:15
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15 Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.”
Numbers 22:13
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13 So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the officials of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”
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Numbers 22:13
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13 The next morning Balaam got up and said to Balak’s officials, “Go back to your own country, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”
1 Samuel 26:25
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25 Then Saul said to David, “Blessed be you, my son David! You will do many things and will succeed in them.” So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.
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1 Samuel 26:25
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25 Then Saul said to David, “May you be blessed,(A) David my son; you will do great things and surely triumph.”
So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.
1 Samuel 26:2
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2 So Saul rose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, with three thousand chosen men of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.(A)
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1 Samuel 26:2
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2 So Saul went down to the Desert of Ziph, with his three thousand select Israelite troops, to search(A) there for David.
1 Samuel 24:20
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20 Now I know that you shall surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.(A)
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1 Samuel 24:20
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20 I know that you will surely be king(A) and that the kingdom(B) of Israel will be established in your hands.
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