Numbers 22:11
Hinei, there is a people come out of Mitzrayim, which covereth the face of ha'aretz; come now, curse for me them; perhaps I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
10And Balaam said unto HaElohim, Balak ben Tzippor, Melech Moav, hath sent unto me, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 27:29Let people serve thee, 1 and amim bow down to thee: 1 be gevir over thy achim, 1 and let bnei immecha bow down to thee: 1 arur be every one that curseth thee, 1 and baruch be he that blesseth thee.
Numbers 23:11And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I brought thee to curse mine enemies, and, hinei, thou hast altogether put a brocha on them.
Joshua 24:10But I would not pay heed unto Balaam; therefore he made a brocha over you; so I saved you out of his yad.
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 →