Numbers 24:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹ Since Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go to seek omens as on previous occasions, but turned  towards the wilderness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN BALAAM saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as he had done each time before [superstitiously] to meet with omens and signs in the natural world, but he set his face toward the wilderness or desert.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

Common English Bible

¹ Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless the Israelites, so he didn’t go as the other times to seek omens. Instead, he turned toward the desert.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ And when Balaam had seen that it was pleasing to the Lord that he should bless Israel, he by no means went out as he had gone before, to seek divination. But directing his face opposite the desert,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he should bless Israel, he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert,

Numbers 24:1 Tagairtí Cros

Numbers 22:13

So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s officials, ‘Go back to your land, because the Lord has refused to let me go with you.’

Numbers 22:7

The elders of Moab and Midian departed with fees for divination  in hand.  They came to Balaam and reported Balak’s words to him.

Numbers 23:15

Balaam said to Balak, ‘Stay here by your burnt offering while I seek the Lord over there.’

Numbers 23:20

I have indeed received a command to bless; since he has blessed,  I cannot change it.

Numbers 23:23

There is no magic curse against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said about Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done! ’

Numbers 23:28

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.  ,

Numbers 23:3

Balaam said to Balak, ‘Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone. Maybe the Lord will meet with me. I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.’ So he went to a barren hill.

Numbers 23:30

So Balak did as Balaam said and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

Numbers 31:16

‘Yet they are the ones who, at Balaam’s advice, incited the Israelites to unfaithfulness against the Lord in the Peor incident, so that the plague came against the Lord’s community.

Revelation 2:14

But I have a few things against you. You have some there who hold to the teaching of Balaam,   who taught Balak to place a stumbling block   in front of the Israelites: to eat meat sacrificed to idols   and to commit sexual immorality.

1 Samuel 24:20

‘Now I know for certain you will be king, and the kingdom of Israel will be established  in your hand.

1 Samuel 26:2

So Saul, accompanied by three thousand of the fit young men of Israel,  went immediately to the Wilderness of Ziph to search for David there.

1 Samuel 26:25

Saul said to him, ‘You are blessed, my son David. You will certainly do great things and will also prevail.’  Then David went on his way, and Saul returned home.