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

Balaam proclaimed his poem:

Balak, get up and listen;
son of Zippor, pay attention to what I say!

and he proclaimed his poem:

The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened,

Job continued his discourse, saying:

I will declare wise sayings;
I will speak mysteries from the past—

“Son of man, pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.

Then I said, “Oh, Lord God, they are saying of me, ‘Isn’t he just posing riddles?’”

In that day one will take up a taunt against you,
and lament mournfully, saying,
“We are totally ruined!
He measures out the allotted land of my people.
How He removes it from me!
He allots our fields to traitors.”

Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him,
with mockery and riddles about him?
They will say:

Woe to him who amasses what is not his—
how much longer?—
and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.

He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into 50 pounds of flour until it spread through all of it.”

Because they knew He had said this parable against them, they were looking for a way to arrest Him, but they were afraid of the crowd. So they left Him and went away.

Come

Please come and put a curse on these people for me because they are more powerful than I am. I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that those you bless are blessed and those you curse are cursed.”

Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow,
an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

Defy israel

Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel today. Send me a man so we can fight each other!”

When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, son of David’s brother Shimei, killed him.

After him, Eleazar son of Dodo son of an Ahohite was among the three warriors with David when they defied the Philistines. The men of Israel retreated in the place they had gathered for battle,

General references

“What have you done to me?” Balak asked Balaam. “I brought you to curse my enemies, but look, you have only blessed them!”

Then he proclaimed his poem:

The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened;