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

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, thou son of Zippor:

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,

I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

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

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

In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a grievous lamentation, and say, We are utterly wasted: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.

Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay!

Another parable he spoke to them; The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and departed.

Come

Come now therefore, I pray thee, Curse for me this people; for they are too mighty for me: it may be I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may 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 bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.

Defy israel

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

And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him.

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there assembled to battle, and the men of Israel had gone away:

General references

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

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: