Numbers 23:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

And in the words which the Lord had given him he said, Up! Balak, and give ear; give attention to me, O son of Zippor:

And moved by the spirit, he said, These are the words of Balaam, son of Beor, the words of the man whose eyes are open:

And Job again took up the word and said,

Opening my mouth I will give out a story, even the dark sayings of old times;

Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,

Then I said, Ah, Lord! they say of me, Is he not a maker of stories?

In that day this saying will be said about you, and this song of grief will be made: The heritage of my people is measured out, and there is no one to give it back; those who have made us prisoners have taken our fields from us, and complete destruction has come to us.

Will not all these take up a word of shame against him and a bitter saying against him, and say, A curse on him who goes on taking what is not his and is weighted down with the property of debtors!

Another story he gave to them: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and put in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened.

And they made attempts to take him; but they were in fear of the people, because they saw that the story was against them; and they went away from him.

Come

Come now, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people, for they are greater than I: and then I may be strong enough to overcome them and send them out of the land: for it is clear that good comes to him who has your blessing, but he on whom you put your curse is cursed.

As the sparrow in her wandering and the swallow in her flight, so the curse does not come without a cause.

Defy israel

And the Philistine said, I have put to shame the armies of Israel this day; give me a man so that we may have a fight together.

And when he was purposing to put shame on Israel, Jonathan, the son of Shimei, David's brother, put him to death.

After him was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three great fighters, who was with David in Pas-dammim when the Philistines came together there for the fight; and when the men of Israel had gone in flight,

General references

Then Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I sent for you so that my haters might be cursed, and see, you have given them a blessing.

Then he went on with his story and said, These are the words of Balaam, the son of Beor, the words of him whose eyes are open: