Numbers 22:17
I will pay you ◄a lot of money/very well► if you come, and I will do anything that you ask me to do. Just come and curse these Israeli people for me!’”
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Numbers 22:37When he arrived where Balaam was, he said to him, “I sent you [RHQ] a message saying that you should come immediately [RHQ]! Why did you not come immediately? Did you think that I was not able to pay you a lot of money for coming?”
Numbers 23:29Balaam again told Balak, “Build me seven altars again and kill seven young bulls and seven rams for a sacrifice.”
Deuteronomy 16:9“ Each year, from the day that you start to harvest your grain, count seven weeks.
Esther 7:9Then Harbona, one of the king’s personal officials, said, “ Outside, near Haman’s house, there is a ◄gallows/set of poles for hanging someone►. It is 75 feet high. Haman made it for Mordecai, the man who spared your life!” The king said, “Hang him on it!”
Matthew 14:7So he promised to give her whatever she asked, and he asked God to punish him if he did not do what he had promised.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:16-22
Balak's Second Message to Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: 17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver… Read the whole commentary →