Numbers 31:8

Good News Translation

including the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba. They also killed Balaam son of Beor.

Cross References

Psalm 10:2

The wicked are proud and persecute the poor; catch them in the traps they have made.

Psalm 9:16

The Lord has revealed himself by his righteous judgments, and the wicked are trapped by their own deeds.

Proverbs 11:3

If you are good, you are guided by honesty. People who can't be trusted are destroyed by their own dishonesty.

Proverbs 13:17

Unreliable messengers cause trouble, but those who can be trusted bring peace.

Habakkuk 3:7

I saw the people of Cushan afraid and the people of Midian tremble.

Numbers 22:10

He answered, “King Balak of Moab has sent them to tell me

Numbers 22:4

The Moabites said to the leaders of the Midianites, “This horde will soon destroy everything around us, like a bull eating the grass in a pasture.” So King Balak

Numbers 22:5

sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor, who was at Pethor near the Euphrates River in the land of Amaw. They brought him this message from Balak: “I want you to know that a whole nation has come from Egypt; its people are spreading out everywhere and threatening to take over our land.

Numbers 23:10

The descendants of Israel are like the dust— There are too many of them to be counted. Let me end my days like one of God's people; Let me die in peace like the righteous.”

Numbers 24:14

Balaam said to Balak, “Now I am going back to my own people, but before I go, I am warning you what the people of Israel will do to your people in the future.”

Numbers 24:25

Then Balaam got ready and went back home, and Balak went on his way.

Numbers 25:15

The woman's name was Cozbi. Zur, her father, was chief of a group of Midianite clans.

Numbers 25:18

because of the evil they did to you when they deceived you at Peor, and because of Cozbi, who was killed at the time of the epidemic at Peor.”

Numbers 31:16

Remember that it was the women who followed Balaam's instructions and at Peor led the people to be unfaithful to the Lord. That was what brought the epidemic on the Lord's people.

Numbers 31:9

The people of Israel captured the Midianite women and children, took their cattle and their flocks, plundered all their wealth,

2 Peter 2:15

They have left the straight path and have lost their way; they have followed the path taken by Balaam son of Beor, who loved the money he would get for doing wrong

Jude 1:11

How terrible for them! They have followed the way that Cain took. For the sake of money they have given themselves over to the error that Balaam committed. They have rebelled as Korah rebelled, and like him they are destroyed.

Revelation 19:20

The beast was taken prisoner, together with the false prophet who had performed miracles in his presence. (It was by those miracles that he had deceived those who had the mark of the beast and those who had worshiped the image of the beast.) The beast and the false prophet were both thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.

Revelation 2:14

But there are a few things I have against you: there are some among you who follow the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak how to lead the people of Israel into sin by persuading them to eat food that had been offered to idols and to practice sexual immorality.