Numbers 23:7
Numbers · Old Testament · Chapter 23
“And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.”Numbers 23:7
What Does Numbers 23:7 Mean?
Numbers 23:7 is found in the book of Numbers, chapter 23, verse 7 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Numbers 23:7 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 1:3“His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.”Numbers 22:5“He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:”Numbers 23:18“And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:”Numbers 24:3“And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:”Deuteronomy 23:4“Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee.”Genesis 29:1“Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east.”Numbers 23:11“And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.”Numbers 24:15“And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:”Numbers 24:23“And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!”1 Samuel 17:10“And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.”Job 27:1“Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,”Job 29:1“Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,”Psalms 49:4“I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp.”Psalms 78:2“I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:”Micah 2:4“In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.”Numbers 22:6“Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.”1 Samuel 17:45“Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.”2 Samuel 23:9“And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away:”Proverbs 26:2“As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.”Isaiah 2:6“Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers.”
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