Numbers 22:11
Behold, a people has come forth out of Egypt, and has covered the face of the land, and it has encamped near to me; and now come, curse it for me, if indeed I shall be able to smite it, and cast it out of the land.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
10And Balaam said to God, Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent them to me, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 27:29And let nations serve thee, 1 And princes bow down to thee, 1 And be thou lord of thy brother, 1 And the sons of thy father shall do thee reverence; 1 Accursed is he that curses thee, 1 And blessed is he that blesses thee.
Numbers 23:11And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I called thee to curse my enemies, and behold thou hast greatly blessed them.
Joshua 24:10But the Lord thy God would not destroy thee; and he greatly blessed us, and rescued us out of their hands, and delivered them to us.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:2-15
Balak Sends for Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. 2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of… Read the whole commentary →