Numbers 24:16

New American Bible - revised edition

The oracle of one who hears what God says, and knows what the Most High knows, Of one who sees what the Almighty sees, in rapture and with eyes unveiled.

Cross References

Genesis 14:18

Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine. He was a priest of God Most High.

Genesis 17:1

When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to Abram and said: I am God the Almighty. Walk in my presence and be blameless.

Numbers 24:15

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

Numbers 24:17

I see him, though not now; I observe him, though not near: A star shall advance from Jacob, and a scepter shall rise from Israel, That will crush the brows of Moab, and the skull of all the Sethites,

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 24:4

The oracle of one who hears what God says, and knows what the Most High knows, Of one who sees what the Almighty sees, in rapture and with eyes unveiled:

1 Corinthians 13:2

And if I have the gift of prophecy and comprehend all mysteries and all knowledge; if I have all faith so as to move mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.

1 Corinthians 8:1

Now in regard to meat sacrificed to idols: we realize that “all of us have knowledge”; knowledge inflates with pride, but love builds up.