Numbers 24:1

Easy To Read Version

Balaam saw that the Lord wanted to bless Israel. So Balaam did not try to change that by using any kind of magic. But Balaam turned and looked toward the desert.

Cross References

Numbers 22:13

The next morning Balaam got up and said to leaders from Balak, “Go back to your own country. The Lord will not let me go with you.”

Numbers 22:7

The leaders of Moab and Midian left. They went to talk to Balaam. They carried with them money to pay him for his service. [282] Then they told him what Balak had said.

Numbers 23:15

So Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by this altar. [295] I will go meet with God over at that place.”

Numbers 23:20

The Lord told me to bless those people. The Lord blessed them, so I cannot change that.

Numbers 23:23

There is no power that can defeat the people of Jacob. [297] There is no magic that can stop the people of Israel. People will say this about Jacob and about the people of Israel: ‘Look at the great things God did!’

Numbers 23:28

So Balak led Balaam to the top of Mount Peor. This mountain looks out over the desert.

Numbers 23:3

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here near this altar. [289] I will go to another place. Then the Lord will come to me, and he will tell me what I must say.” Then Balaam went away to a higher place.

Numbers 23:30

Balak did the thing that Balaam asked. Balak offered the bulls and rams on the altars.

Numbers 31:16

These are the women who caused the men of Israel to turn away from the Lord during the Balaam incident—that time at Peor. The disease will again come to the Lord’s people.

Revelation 2:14

“But I have a few things against you: You have people there \{in your group\} who follow the teaching of Balaam. Balaam taught Balak how to make the people of Israel {\cf2\super [17]} sin. Those people sinned by eating food offered to idols {\cf2\super [18]} and by doing sexual sins.

1 Samuel 24:20

I know that you will become the new king. You will rule the kingdom of Israel.

1 Samuel 26:2

Saul went down to the desert of Ziph. Saul took the 3,000 soldiers he had chosen from all over Israel. Saul and these men looked for David in the desert of Ziph.

1 Samuel 26:25

Then Saul said to David, “God bless you, David my son. You will do great things and you will win.”