Numbers 24:1

New American Bible - revised edition

Balaam, however, perceiving that the Lord was pleased to bless Israel, did not go aside as before to seek omens, but turned his gaze toward the wilderness.

Cross References

Numbers 23:23

No, there is no augury against Jacob, nor divination against Israel. Now it is said of Jacob, of Israel, “Look what God has done!”

Numbers 23:3

Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering while I go over there. Perhaps the Lord will meet me, and then I will tell you whatever he lets me see.” And so he went out on the barren height.

Revelation 2:14

Yet I have a few things against you. You have some people there who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the Israelites: to eat food sacrificed to idols and to play the harlot.

Numbers 31:16

“These are the very ones who on Balaam’s advice were behind the Israelites’ unfaithfulness to the Lord in the affair at Peor, so that plague struck the Lord’s community.

Numbers 23:28

So he took Balaam to the top of Peor, that overlooks Jeshimon.

Numbers 23:20

I was summoned to bless; I will bless; I cannot revoke it!

Numbers 23:15

Balaam then said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I seek a meeting over there.”

Numbers 22:13

The next morning Balaam arose and told the princes of Balak, “Go back to your own country, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”

1 Samuel 26:25

Then Saul said to David: “Blessed are you, my son David! You shall certainly succeed in whatever you undertake.” David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

1 Samuel 26:2

So Saul went down to the wilderness of Ziph with three thousand of the best warriors of Israel, to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph.

1 Samuel 24:20

For if someone comes upon an enemy, do they send them graciously on their way? So may the Lord reward you graciously for what you have done this day.

Numbers 22:7

So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian, themselves experts in divination, left and went to Balaam, to whom they gave Balak’s message.

Numbers 23:30

And Balak did as Balaam had ordered, offering a bull and a ram on each altar.