Numbers 23:7

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Summary

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.

He took

Come

Numbers 22:6

Proverbs 26:2

Defy israel

1 Samuel 17:10

2 Samuel 21:21

2 Samuel 23:9

General references

Numbers 23:11

Numbers 24:15

Bible References

He took

Then he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear! hearken unto me, son of Zippor!

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,

And Job continued his parable and said,

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter riddles from of old,

Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel,

And I said, Ah, Lord Jehovah! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?

In that day shall they take up a proverb concerning you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We are utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! He hath distributed our fields to the rebellious.

Shall not all these take up a proverb about him, and a taunting riddle against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that loadeth himself with pledges!

He spoke another parable to them: The kingdom of the heavens is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal until it had been all leavened.

And they sought to lay hold of him, and they feared the crowd; for they knew that he had spoken the parable of them. And they left him and went away.

Come

And now come, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are mightier than I: perhaps I may be able to smite them, and drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.

Defy israel

And the Philistine said, I have defied the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

And he defied Israel; but Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother smote him.

And after him, Eleazar the son of Dodo the son of an Ahohite: he was one of the three mighty men with David, when they had defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone up.

General references

And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,