Numbers 23:18

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balac, and hear; hearken as a witness, thou son of Sepphor.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

In Context

17And he returned to him: and he also was standing by his whole-burnt-sacrifice, and all the princes of Moab with him; and Balac said to him, What has the Lord spoken?

19God is not as man to waver, nor as the son of man to be threatened; shall he say and not perform? shall he speak and not keep to his word?

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Cross References

Judges 3:20And Aod went in to him; and he sat in his own upper summer chamber quite alone; and Aod said, I have a message from God to thee, O king: and Eglom rose up from his throne near him.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:14-30

Balaam Again Blesses Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam,… Read the whole commentary →

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