Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

Because

Hired balaam

Bible References

Because

Matthew 25:40
“And the King will answer them, ‘I assure you: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.’

Hired balaam

Numbers 22:3
Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous, and Moab dreaded the Israelites.
Joshua 24:9
Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

Our god

Numbers 23:8
How can I curse someone God has not cursed?
How can I denounce someone the Lord has not denounced?
Numbers 24:5
How beautiful are your tents, Jacob,
your dwellings, Israel.
Deuteronomy 23:5
Yet the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but He turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.
Psalm 109:28
Though they curse, You will bless.
When they rise up, they will be put to shame,
but Your servant will rejoice.
Micah 6:5
My people,
remember what Balak king of Moab proposed,
what Balaam son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from the Acacia Grove to Gilgal
so that you may acknowledge
the Lord’s righteous acts.

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