Numbers 24:1 - Revised Version 1885

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

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

Numbers 22:7

And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak.

Numbers 23:15

And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.

Numbers 23:20

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

Numbers 23:23

Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob, Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

Numbers 23:28

And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh down upon the desert.

Numbers 23:3

And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height.

Numbers 23:30

And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar.

Numbers 31:16

Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD.

Revelation 2:14

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.

1 Samuel 24:20

And now, behold, I know that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.

1 Samuel 26:2

Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

1 Samuel 26:25

Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.