Numbers 22:31

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Then the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road, with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed down, falling on his face.

Cross References

Genesis 21:19

Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. She went, and filled the skin with water, and gave the boy a drink.

1 Chronicles 21:16

David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, and in his hand a drawn sword stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces.

Psalm 9:20

Put them in fear, O Lord; let the nations know that they are only human. Selah

Exodus 34:8

And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth, and worshiped.

Numbers 22:30

But the donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I been in the habit of treating you this way?” And he said, “No.”

Numbers 24:16

the oracle of one who hears the words of God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls down, but with his eyes uncovered:

Numbers 24:4

the oracle of one who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, who falls down, but with eyes uncovered:

Luke 24:16

but their eyes were kept from recognizing him.

Luke 24:31

Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight.

John 18:6

When Jesus said to them, “I am he,” they stepped back and fell to the ground.

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Joshua 5:13

Once when Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing before him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you one of us, or one of our adversaries?”

Joshua 5:14

He replied, “Neither; but as commander of the army of the Lord I have now come.” And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and he said to him, “What do you command your servant, my lord?”