Numbers 24:1

New Century Version

Balaam saw that the Lord wanted to bless Israel, so he did not try to use any magic but looked toward the desert.

Cross References

Numbers 23:23

No tricks will work on the people of Jacob, and no magic will work against Israel. People now say about them, ‘Look what God has done for Israel!’

Numbers 23:3

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering and I will go. If the Lord comes to me, I will tell you whatever he shows me.” Then Balaam went to a higher place.

Revelation 2:14

“But I have a few things against you: You have some there who follow the teaching of Balaam. He taught Balak how to cause the people of Israel to sin by eating food offered to idols and by taking part in sexual sins.

Numbers 31:16

They were the ones who followed Balaam’s advice and turned the Israelites from the Lord at Peor. Then a terrible sickness struck the Lord’s people.

Numbers 23:28

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, the mountain that looks over the desert.

Numbers 23:20

He told me to bless them, so I cannot change the blessing.

Numbers 23:15

So Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering, and I will meet with God over there.”

Numbers 22:13

The next morning Balaam awoke and said to Balak’s leaders, “Go back to your own country; the Lord has refused to let me go with you.”

1 Samuel 26:25

Then Saul said to David, “You are blessed, my son David. You will do great things and succeed.” So David went on his way, and Saul went back home.

1 Samuel 26:2

So Saul went down to the Desert of Ziph with three thousand chosen men of Israel to look for David there.

1 Samuel 24:20

I know you will surely be king, and you will rule the kingdom of Israel.

Numbers 22:7

The elders of Moab and Midian went with payment in their hands. When they found Balaam, they told him what Balak had said.

Numbers 23:30

Balak did what Balaam asked, and he offered a bull and a male sheep on each altar.