Numbers 31:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

including Balaam son of Beor and the five Midianite kings, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba.

Cross References

Psalm 10:2

Proud and brutal people hunt down the poor. But let them get caught by their own evil plans!

Psalm 9:16

You showed what you are like, and you made certain that justice is done, but evil people are trapped by their own evil deeds.

Proverbs 11:3

If you do the right thing, honesty will be your guide. But if you are crooked, you will be trapped by your own dishonesty.

Proverbs 13:17

Whoever delivers your message can make things better or worse for you.

Habakkuk 3:7

The tents of desert tribes in Cushan and Midian were ripped apart.

Numbers 22:10

“They are messengers from King Balak of Moab,” Balaam answered. “He sent them

Numbers 22:4

They said to the Midianite leaders, “Those Israelites will wipe out everything in sight, like a bull eating grass in a field.” So King Balak

Numbers 22:5

sent a message to Balaam son of Beor who lived among his relatives in the town of Pethor near the River Euphrates. It said: I need your help. A huge group of people has come here from Egypt and settled near my territory.

Numbers 23:10

They are living alone in peace. And though they are many, they don't bother the other nations. “I hope to obey God for as long as I live and to die in such peace.”

Numbers 24:14

So I'm going back home, but I'm leaving you with a warning about what the Israelites will some day do to your nation.”

Numbers 24:25

After Balaam finished, he started home, and Balak also left.

Numbers 25:15

And the Midianite woman killed with him was Cozbi, the daughter of a Midianite clan leader named Zur.

Numbers 31:16

They are the ones who followed Balaam's advice and invited our people to worship the god Baal-Peor. That's why the LORD punished us by killing so many of our people.

Numbers 31:9

The Israelites captured every woman and child, then led away the Midianites' cattle and sheep, and took everything else that belonged to them.

2 Peter 2:15

They have left the true road and have gone down the wrong path by following the example of the prophet Balaam. He was the son of Beor and loved what he got from being a criminal.

Jude 1:11

Now they are in for real trouble. They have followed Cain's example and have made the same mistake that Balaam did by caring only for money. They have also rebelled against God, just as Korah did. Because of all this, they will be destroyed.

Revelation 19:20

But the beast was captured and so was the false prophet. This is the same prophet who had performed miracles for the beast, so that he could fool everyone who had the mark of the beast and worshipped the idol. The beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into a lake of burning sulphur.

Revelation 2:14

I do have a few things against you. Some of you are following the teaching of Balaam. Long ago he told Balak to teach the people of Israel to eat food that had been offered to idols and to be immoral.