Numbers 22

About Numbers Numbers follows Israel's forty years in the wilderness, from Sinai to the edge of the promised land.

And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho.SelectedNumbers 22:1Ask

And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.SelectedNumbers 22:2Ask

And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.SelectedNumbers 22:3Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 22:4Ask

He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:SelectedNumbers 22:5Ask

Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.SelectedNumbers 22:6Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 22:7Ask

And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.SelectedNumbers 22:8Ask

And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?SelectedNumbers 22:9Ask

And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,SelectedNumbers 22:10Ask

Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.SelectedNumbers 22:11Ask

And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.SelectedNumbers 22:12Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 22:13Ask

And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.SelectedNumbers 22:14Ask

And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.SelectedNumbers 22:15Ask

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:SelectedNumbers 22:16Ask

For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.SelectedNumbers 22:17Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 22:18Ask

Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.SelectedNumbers 22:19Ask

And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.SelectedNumbers 22:20Ask

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.SelectedNumbers 22:21Ask

And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.SelectedNumbers 22:22Ask

And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.SelectedNumbers 22:23Ask

But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.SelectedNumbers 22:24Ask

And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall: and he smote her again.SelectedNumbers 22:25Ask

And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.SelectedNumbers 22:26Ask

And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam’s anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff.SelectedNumbers 22:27Ask

And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?SelectedNumbers 22:28Ask

And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.SelectedNumbers 22:29Ask

And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.SelectedNumbers 22:30Ask

Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face.SelectedNumbers 22:31Ask

And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:SelectedNumbers 22:32Ask

And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.SelectedNumbers 22:33Ask

And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.SelectedNumbers 22:34Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 22:35Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 22:36Ask

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?SelectedNumbers 22:37Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 22:38Ask

And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.SelectedNumbers 22:39Ask

And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.SelectedNumbers 22:40Ask

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.SelectedNumbers 22:41Ask

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