Thematic Bible
Numbers 23:1 (show verse)
And Balaam said unto Balak, "Build me here seven altars and provide here seven oxen and seven rams."
Numbers 23:2 (show verse)
And Balak did as Balaam said. And Balak and Balaam offered on every altar an ox and a ram.
No Themes for this verse.
Numbers 23:3 (show verse)
And Balaam said unto Balak, "Stand by the sacrifice, while I go to know whether the LORD will come and meet me; and whatsoever he showeth me, I will tell thee." And he went forthwith.
Numbers 23:4 (show verse)
And God came unto Balaam, and Balaam said unto him, "I have prepared seven altars, and have offered upon every altar, an ox and a ram."
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Numbers 23:5 (show verse)
And the LORD put a saying in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Go again to Balak and say on this wise."
Numbers 23:6 (show verse)
And he went again unto him and lo, he stood by his sacrifice: both he and all the lords of Moab.
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Numbers 23:7 (show verse)
And he began his parable, and said, "Balak the king of Moab hath fetched me from Mesopotamia out of the mountains of the east saying, 'Come and curse me Jacob, come and defy me Israel.'
Numbers 23:8 (show verse)
How shall I curse whom God curseth not? And how shall I defy whom the LORD defieth not?
Numbers 23:9 (show verse)
From the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, the people shall dwell by himself and shall not be reckoned among other nations.
Numbers 23:10 (show verse)
Who can tell the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? I pray God that my soul may die the death of the righteous, and that my last end may be like his!"
death » Of the righteous » Greatly desired
the Death of saints » The wicked wish theirs to resemble
Dying » Of the righteous » Greatly desired
Man » Vanquished of the righteous » Greatly desired
The righteous » Seed of death of » Greatly desired
Righteousness » The wicked » Vainly wish to die as those who follow
the Death of saints » The wicked wish theirs to resemble
Dying » Of the righteous » Greatly desired
Man » Vanquished of the righteous » Greatly desired
The righteous » Seed of death of » Greatly desired
Righteousness » The wicked » Vainly wish to die as those who follow
Numbers 23:11 (show verse)
And Balak said unto Balaam, "What hast thou done unto me? I fetched thee to curse mine enemies: and behold, thou blessest them!"
Numbers 23:12 (show verse)
And he answered, and said, "Must I not keep that and speak it, which the LORD hath put in my mouth?"
Numbers 23:13 (show verse)
And Balak said unto him, "Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place: whence thou shalt see them, and shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all and curse me them there."
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Numbers 23:14 (show verse)
And he brought him into a plain field where men might see far, even to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered an ox and a ram on every altar.
Numbers 23:15 (show verse)
And he said unto Balak, "Stand here, by thy sacrifice, while I go yonder."
Numbers 23:16 (show verse)
And the LORD met Balaam and put words in his mouth, and said, "Go again unto Balak and thus say."
Numbers 23:17 (show verse)
And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his sacrifice: and the lords of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, "What sayeth the LORD?"
Numbers 23:18 (show verse)
And he took up his parable and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear! And hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor!
Numbers 23:19 (show verse)
The Lord God is not a man, that he can lie; neither the son of a man, that he can repent! Should he say, and not do? Or should he speak, and not make it good?
Numbers 23:20 (show verse)
Behold: I have begun to bless, and have blessed; and cannot go back therefrom.
Numbers 23:21 (show verse)
He beheld no wickedness in Jacob, nor saw Idolatry in Israel: The LORD his God is with him, and the tromp of a king among them.
Numbers 23:22 (show verse)
God, that brought them out of Egypt, is as the strength of an unicorn unto them!
Numbers 23:23 (show verse)
For there is no sorcerer in Jacob, nor soothsayer in Israel. When the time cometh, it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, 'What God hath wrought!'
Numbers 23:24 (show verse)
Behold, the people shall rise up as a lioness and heave up himself as a lion; and shall not lie down again, until he have eaten of the prey and drunk of the blood of them that are slain!"
Numbers 23:25 (show verse)
And Balak said unto Balaam, "Neither curse them nor bless them."
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Numbers 23:26 (show verse)
And Balaam answered and said unto Balak, "Told not I thee, saying, 'All that the LORD biddeth me, that I must do?'"
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Numbers 23:27 (show verse)
And Balak said unto Balaam, "Come, I pray thee; I will bring thee yet unto another place: so peradventure it shall please God that thou mayest curse them there."
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Numbers 23:28 (show verse)
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that boweth toward the wilderness.
Numbers 23:29 (show verse)
And Balaam said unto Balak, "Make me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams."
Numbers 23:30 (show verse)
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.