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Numbers 23:7
“He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.”
Numbers 23:7 in the King James Version
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.Read Numbers 23:7 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — Numbers 23
Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
He took up his parable, and said, "From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom Yahweh has not defied?
For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Cross references for Numbers 23:7
- Numbers 24:3
He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;
- Numbers 23:18
He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
- Numbers 22:5-6
He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, "Behold, there is a people who came out from Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth,...
- Deuteronomy 23:4
because they didn't meet you with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.
- Psalms 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable. I will utter dark sayings of old,
- Numbers 24:15
He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;
- Micah 2:4
In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!
- Numbers 24:23
He took up his parable, and said, "Alas, who shall live when God does this?
- Job 29:1
Job again took up his parable, and said,
- Matthew 13:35
that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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