Numbers 24:1

Amplified Bible

When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as he had done each time before [superstitiously] to seek omens and signs [in the natural world], but he set his face toward the wilderness (desert).

Cross References

Numbers 22:13

Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the leaders of Balak, “Go back to your own land [of Moab], for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”

Numbers 22:7

So the elders of Moab and of Midian departed with fees for divination (foretelling) in hand; and they came to Balaam and told him the words of Balak.

Numbers 23:15

Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering while I go to meet the Lord over there.”

Numbers 23:20

“Behold, I have received His command to bless [Israel]. He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

Numbers 23:23

“For there is no enchantment or omen against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel. At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what has God done!

Numbers 23:28

So Balak brought Balaam to the top of [Mount] Peor, that overlooks the wasteland.

Numbers 23:3

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand beside your burnt offering and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me; and whatever He shows me I will tell you.” So he went to a desolate hill.

Numbers 23:30

Balak did just as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 31:16

Look, these [are the women who] caused the Israelites, by the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and so a plague came among the congregation of the Lord. [Num 25:1-9; 31:8]

Revelation 2:14

But I have a few things against you, because you have there some [among you] who are holding to the [corrupt] teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, [enticing them] to eat things that had been sacrificed to idols and to commit [acts of sexual] immorality. [Num 25:1, 2; 31:16]

1 Samuel 24:20

Now, behold, I know that you will certainly be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand.

1 Samuel 26:2

So Saul arose and went down to the Wilderness of Ziph, taking with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to search for David [there] in the wilderness of Ziph.

1 Samuel 26:25

Then Saul said to David, “May you be blessed, my son David; you will both accomplish much and certainly prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.