Numbers 22

And athe children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. 2 And bBalak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And cMoab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab said unto the delders 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. 5 He sent messengers therefore unto fBalaam the son of Beor to ePethor, 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: 6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, gcurse 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.

7 And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the hrewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. 8 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. 9 And iGod came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? 10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, 11 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. 12 And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for jthey are blessed. 13 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. 14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. 16 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: 17 For kI 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. 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, lI cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. 19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more. 20 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 myet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went nwith the princes of Moab.

22 And God's anger was kindled because he went: oand 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. 23 And pthe 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. 24 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. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's qfoot against the wall: and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, rwhere was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam: sand Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the Lord topened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? 29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, ufor now would I kill thee. 30 And vthe 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.

31 Then the Lord wopened 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 xbowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. 32 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 yperverse before me: 33 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. 34 And Balaam said unto the angel of the Lord, zI 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. 35 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.

36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, ahe went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. 37 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? 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? bthe word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. 39 And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth. 40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. 41 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the chigh places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people.

Numbers 23

 
Cross Ref
1 a Gen 35:5
Num 33:48
Deu 2:25
Jos 2:9
Jer 32:21
2 b Jdg 11:25
3 c Exo 15:15
4 d Num 31:8
Jos 13:21
5 e Deu 23:4
 f Mic 6:5
Neh 13:1-2
Jos 13:22
Deu 23:4
6 g Gen 12:3
Num 23:7
Deu 23:4
Jos 24:9
1 Sam 17:43
Neh 13:2
7 h Mic 3:11
Isa 56:11
Pro 17:23
1 Sam 9:7-8
Exo 23:8
9 i Gen 20:3
Gen 31:4
12 j Rom 11:29
Psa 144:15
Deu 33:29
Deu 25:5
Num 23:20
Gen 22:17
Gen 12:2
17 k Deu 16:19
Psa 49:17
Mat 4:8-9
Mat 16:26
18 l 1 Kin 22:14
2 Chr 18:13
20 m Isa 46:10
Isa 37:29
Psa 33:10-11
Num 24:13
Num 23:26
Num 23:12
21 n Pro 15:27
1 Tim 6:9-10
2 Pet 2:15
Jud 1:11
22 o Exo 4:24
Exo 23:20
23 p 2 Kin 6:17
25 q Isa 47:12
1 Cor 3:19
26 r Hos 2:6
Isa 26:11
27 s Pro 14:16
Pro 27:3-4
Jam 1:19
28 t Mat 19:26
1 Cor 1:19
2 Pet 2:16
29 u Pro 12:10
Ecc 9:3
Jer 17:9
Mat 15:19
30 v 1 Cor 1:27
31 w Gen 21:19
2 Kin 6:17
1 Chr 21:16
Luk 24:16
 x Job 8:20
Pro 11:2
Jer 3:25
32 y 2 Pet 2:14-15
Act 13:10
Mic 6:5
Pro 28:6
Deu 23:4
34 z 1 Sam 26:21
2 Sam 12:13
36 a Gen 14:17
Gen 18:2
1 Sam 13:10
Act 28:15
38 b 1 Kin 22:14
2 Chr 18:13
41 c Deu 12:2
2 Chr 11:15
Jer 48:35