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

He took up his parable, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! Listen to me, you son of Zippor.

He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;

Job again took up 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 I said, Ah Lord Yahweh! they say of me, Isn't he a speaker of parables?

In that day they will take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, saying, 'We are utterly ruined! My people's possession is divided up. Indeed he takes it from me and assigns our fields to traitors!'"

Won't all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, 'Woe to him who increases that which is not his, and who enriches himself by extortion! How long?'

He spoke another parable to them. "The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened."

They tried to seize him, but they feared the multitude; for they perceived that he spoke the parable against them. They left him, and went away.

Come

Please come now therefore curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed."

Like a fluttering sparrow, like a darting swallow, so the undeserved curse doesn't come to rest.

Defy israel

The Philistine said, "I defy the armies of Israel this day! Give me a man, that we may fight together!"

When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, killed him.

After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away.

General references

Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether."

He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;