10 Bible Verses about Oracles Of Balaam

Balaam answered: I am here now. But now, what power do I have? I can say only what God tells me to say.

Balaam answered Balak's servants: Even if Balak gave me his palace filled with silver and gold, I could not disobey the command of Jehovah my God no matter whether the request was important or not. Now, please stay here tonight, as the others did, and I will find out what else Jehovah may have to tell me.

Balak responded to Balaam: What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, but all you have done is bless them! Balaam answered: I must say what Jehovah tells me to say.

Balaam replied to Balak: Did I not tell the messengers whom you sent to me: Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything contrary to the command of Jehovah either good or bad, of my own accord. What Jehovah speaks, that I will speak!

There he saw the people of Israel camped tribe by tribe. The Spirit of God took control of him. He uttered this prophecy: The message of Balaam son of Beor. These are the words of the man who can see clearly. The oracle of him who hears the words of God and who sees the vision of the Almighty. Falling down, yet having his eyes open.

Then Balaam said to Balak: Stand here by your burnt offering. I will go to see whether or not Jehovah will meet me. I will tell you what he reveals to me. So he went alone to the top of a hill. God met him and Balaam said to God: I have built the seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each. Jehovah told Balaam: Go back to Balak and give him my message.

He began his discourse by saying: The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor. The oracle of the man, whose eye is opened, The oracle of him who hears the words of God, knows the knowledge of the Most High, and sees the vision of the Almighty. Falling down, yet having his eyes uncovered.

He went back to Balak and found him standing beside his burnt offering with all the princes of Moab. Balaam delivered this message: Balak brought me from Aram. The king of Moab summoned me from the eastern mountains. Come and curse Jacob for me, he said. 'Come and condemn Israel. How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I condemn those whom Jehovah has not condemned?read more.
I see them from the top of rocky cliffs. I look at them from the hills. I see a nation that lives by itself! These are people who do not consider themselves to be like other nations. The descendants of Jacob are like specks of dust. Who can count them or number even one-fourth of the people of Israel? Let me die the death of innocent people. Let my end be like theirs.'

Balaam uttered this prophecy: Come, Balak son of Zippor, and listen to what I have to say. God is a not man that he should lie. He is not a son of man who changes his mind. Does he ever promise and not fulfill? Does he ever speak and not act? I have been instructed to bless. And when God blesses, I cannot call it back.read more.
He has not observed wickedness in Jacob. Nor has he seen trouble in Israel! Jehovah his God is with him and the shout of a king is among them. God brings them out of Egypt. He is for them like the horns of the wild bull. For there is omen (spell) against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel. At the proper time it will be said to Jacob and Israel: What God has done! Behold, the nation of Israel! It is like a mighty lion: It will rise and not lie down again until it has torn and devoured it's pray. It will drink the blood of those it has killed.

There he saw the people of Israel camped tribe by tribe. The Spirit of God took control of him. He uttered this prophecy: The message of Balaam son of Beor. These are the words of the man who can see clearly. The oracle of him who hears the words of God and who sees the vision of the Almighty. Falling down, yet having his eyes open.read more.
How good are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel! They are like valleys that stretch out, like gardens beside the river, like aloes planted by Jehovah, like cedars beside the waters. Water will flow from his buckets and his seed will be by many waters. His king shall be higher than Agag. And his kingdom shall be exalted. God brings him out of Egypt. He is for him like the horns of the wild bull. He will devour the nations who are his adversaries. He will crush their bones in pieces and shatter them with his arrows. He bows down and he lies down like a lion. Like a lion, who dares rouse him? Blessed is everyone who blesses you! Cursed is everyone who curses you!