Numbers 24:1

English Standard Version 2016

When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness.

Cross References

Numbers 23:23

For there is no enchantment against Jacob, no divination against Israel; now it shall be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What has God wrought!’

Numbers 23:3

And 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.” And he went to a bare height,

Revelation 2:14

But I have a few things against you: you have some there who hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, so that they might eat food sacrificed to idols and practice sexual immorality.

Numbers 31:16

Behold, these, on Balaam’s advice, caused the people of Israel to act treacherously against the Lord in the incident of Peor, and so the plague came among the congregation of the Lord.

Numbers 23:28

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the desert.

Numbers 23:20

Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.

Numbers 23:15

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

Numbers 22:13

So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your own land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”

1 Samuel 26:25

Then Saul said to David, “Blessed be you, my son David! You will do many things and will succeed in them.” So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

1 Samuel 26:2

So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

1 Samuel 24:20

And now, behold, I know that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand.

Numbers 22:7

So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam and gave him Balak’s message.

Numbers 23:30

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