Numbers 23:7

New American Standard Bible 2020

And he took up his discourse and said, “From Aram Balak has brought me, Moab’s king from the mountains of the East, saying, ‘Come, declare Jacob cursed for me, And come, curse Israel!’

Cross References

Genesis 10:22

The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 28:2

Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother’s father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.

Genesis 28:7

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

2 Samuel 21:21

When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David’s brother, struck and killed him.

2 Samuel 23:9

And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle and the men of Israel had withdrawn.

Job 27:1

Job again took up his discourse and said,

Job 29:1

Job again took up his discourse and said,

Psalm 49:5

¶Why should I fear in days of adversity, When the injustice of those who betray me surrounds me,

Psalm 78:2

I will open my mouth in a parable; I will tell riddles of old,

Proverbs 26:2

Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, So a curse without cause does not come to rest.

Ezekiel 17:2

“Son of man, ask a riddle and present a parable to the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 20:49

Then I said, “Oh, Lord God! They are saying of me, ‘Is he not just speaking in riddles?’ ”

Micah 2:4

“On that day they will take up against you a song of mocking And utter a song of mourning and say, ‘We are completely destroyed! He exchanges the share of my people; How He removes it from me! To the apostate He apportions our fields.’

Habakkuk 2:6

¶“Will all of these not take up a song of ridicule against him, Even a saying and insinuations against him And say, ‘Woe to him who increases what is not his— For how long— And makes himself rich with debts!’

Numbers 22:11

‘Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt, and they cover the surface of the land; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I will be able to fight against them and drive them out.’ ”

Numbers 22:17

for I will indeed honor you richly, and I will do whatever you tell me. Please come then, curse this people for me.’ ”

Numbers 23:18

Then he took up his discourse and said, “Arise, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor!

Numbers 23:6

So he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab.

Numbers 24:15

Then he took up his discourse and said, “The declaration of Balaam the son of Beor, And the declaration of the man whose eye is opened,

Numbers 24:21

And he looked at the Kenite, and took up his discourse and said, “Your dwelling place is enduring, And your nest is set in the cliff.

Numbers 24:23

Then he took up his discourse and said, “Oh, who can live unless God has ordained it?

Numbers 24:3

Then he took up his discourse and said, “The declaration of Balaam the son of Beor, And the declaration of the man whose eye is opened;

Matthew 13:33

He spoke another parable to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three sata of flour until it was all leavened.”

Matthew 13:35

This was so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will proclaim things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Mark 12:12

And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He told the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away.

Deuteronomy 23:4

because they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you.

1 Samuel 17:10

Then the Philistine said, “I have defied the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man, so that we may fight together.”

1 Samuel 17:36

Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.”

1 Samuel 17:45

But David said to the Philistine, “You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a saber, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.