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 strike it, and cast it out of the land.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
10And Balaam said to God, Balac son of Sepphor, king of Moab, sent them to me, saying,
Cross References
Genesis 27:29And let nations serve you, and princes bow down to you, and be you lord of your brother, and the sons of your father shall do you reverence; accursed is he that curses you, and blessed is he that blesses you.
Numbers 23:11And Balac said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I called you to curse my enemies, and behold you have greatly blessed them.
Joshua 24:10But the Lord your God would not destroy you; 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 →