Numbers 23:7

New American Bible - revised edition

Then Balaam recited his poem: From Aram Balak has led me here, Moab’s king, from the mountains of Qedem: “Come, curse for me Jacob, come, denounce Israel.”

Cross References

Deuteronomy 23:4

No Ammonite or Moabite may ever come into the assembly of the Lord, nor may any of their descendants even to the tenth generation come into the assembly of the Lord,

Numbers 24:3

and he recited his poem: The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is true,

Numbers 23:18

Balaam recited his poem: Rise, Balak, and listen; give ear to my testimony, son of Zippor!

Micah 2:4

On that day you shall be mocked, and there will be bitter lament: “Our ruin is complete, our fields are divided among our captors, The fields of my people are measured out, and no one can get them back!”

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable, unfold the puzzling events of the past.

Job 29:1

Job took up his theme again and said:

Numbers 24:23

Upon seeing [the Ishmaelites?] he recited his poem: Alas, who shall survive of Ishmael,

Numbers 24:15

Then he recited his poem: The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is true,

Mark 12:12

They were seeking to arrest him, but they feared the crowd, for they realized that he had addressed the parable to them. So they left him and went away. Paying Taxes to the Emperor.

Matthew 13:33

He spoke to them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour until the whole batch was leavened.” The Use of Parables.

Proverbs 26:2

Like the sparrow in its flitting, like the swallow in its flight, a curse uncalled-for never lands.

Job 27:1

Job took up his theme again and said:

2 Samuel 23:9

Next to him was Eleazar, the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the Three warriors with David at Ephes-dammim, when they insulted the Philistines who had massed there for battle. The Israelites had retreated,

Matthew 13:35

to fulfill what had been said through the prophet: “I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has lain hidden from the foundation [of the world].” The Explanation of the Parable of the Weeds.

Habakkuk 2:6

Shall not all these take up a taunt against him, and make a riddle about him, saying: Ah! you who store up what is not yours —how long can it last!— you who load yourself down with collateral.

Ezekiel 17:2

Son of man, propose a riddle, and tell this proverb to the house of Israel:

2 Samuel 21:21

And when he insulted Israel, Jonathan, son of David’s brother Shimei, struck him down.

1 Samuel 17:45

David answered him: “You come against me with sword and spear and scimitar, but I come against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel whom you have insulted.

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant has killed both a lion and a bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be as one of them, because he has insulted the armies of the living God.”

1 Samuel 17:10

The Philistine continued: “I defy the ranks of Israel today. Give me a man and let us fight together.”

Numbers 24:21

Upon seeing the Kenites, he recited his poem: Though your dwelling is safe, and your nest is set on a cliff;

Numbers 22:17

I will reward you very handsomely and will do anything you ask of me. Come, lay a curse on this people for me.”

Numbers 22:11

‘This people that has come out of Egypt has covered up the earth. Now come, lay a curse on them for me; perhaps I may be able to fight them and drive them out.’”

Genesis 28:7

and that Jacob had obeyed his father and mother and gone to Paddan-aram.

Genesis 28:2

Go now to Paddan-aram, to the home of your mother’s father Bethuel, and there choose a wife for yourself from among the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

Genesis 10:22

The descendants of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud and Aram.

Numbers 23:6

So he went back to Balak, who was still standing by his burnt offering together with all the princes of Moab.

Psalm 49:5

I will turn my ear to a riddle, expound my question on a lyre.