Numbers 24:1 - The Scriptures 1998

¹ And when Bilʽ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN BALAAM saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as he had done each time before [superstitiously] to meet with omens and signs in the natural world, but he set his face toward the wilderness or desert.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

Common English Bible

¹ Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless the Israelites, so he didn’t go as the other times to seek omens. Instead, he turned toward the desert.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And when Balaam had seen that it was pleasing to the Lord that he should bless Israel, he by no means went out as he had gone before, to seek divination. But directing his face opposite the desert,

Numbers 24:1 Cross References

Numbers 22:13

And Bilʽ

Numbers 22:7

And the elders of Mo’aḇ

Numbers 23:15

And he said to Balaq, “Stand here by your burnt offering while I meet over there.”

Numbers 23:20

“See, I have received, to bless. And He has blessed, and I do not reverse it.

Numbers 23:23

“For there is no sorcery against Yaʽ

Numbers 23:28

And Balaq took Bilʽ

Numbers 23:3

Bilʽ

Numbers 23:30

And Balaq did as Bilʽ

Numbers 31:16

“Look, they are the ones who caused the children of Yisra’ĕ

Revelation 2:14

“But I hold a few matters against you, because you have there those who adhere to the teaching of Bilʽ

1 Samuel 24:20

“And now look, I know that you shall certainly reign, and that the reign of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 26:2

And Sha’ul rose up and went down to the Wilderness of Ziph, and with him three thousand chosen men of Yisra’ĕ

1 Samuel 26:25

And Sha’ul said to Dawiḏ