Strong's G903 Βαλαάμ (balaam)

And he sent ambassadors to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is on a river of the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, a people is come out of Egypt, and behold it has covered the face of the earth, and it has encamped close to me.

And the elders of Moab went, and the elders of Midian, and their divining instruments were in their hands; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.

And he said to them, Tarry here the night, and I will answer you the things which the Lord shall say to me; and the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

And God came to Balaam, and said to him, Who are these men with thee?

And Balaam said to God, Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent them to me, saying,

And God said to Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them, neither shalt thou curse the people; for they are blessed.

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Depart quickly to your lord; God does not permit me to go with you.

And the princes of Moab rose, and came to Balak, and said, Balaam will not come with us.

And they came to Balaam, and they say to him, Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: I beseech thee, delay not to come to me.

And Balaam answered and said to the princes of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord God, to make it little or great in my mind.

And God came to Balaam by night, and said to him, If these men are come to call thee, rise and follow them; nevertheless the word which I shall speak to thee, it shalt thou do.

And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.

And when the ass saw the angel of God, she thrust herself against the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall, and he smote her again.

And when the ass saw the angel of God, she lay down under Balaam; and Balaam was angry, and struck the ass with his staff.

And God opened the mouth of the ass, and she says to Balaam, What have I done to thee, that thou hast smitten me this third time?

And Balaam said to the ass, Because thou hast mocked me; and if I had had a sword in my hand, I would now have killed thee.

And the ass says to Balaam, Am not I thine ass on which thou hast ridden since thy youth till this day? did I ever do thus to thee, utterly disregarding thee? and he said, No.

And God opened the eyes of Balaam, and he sees the angel of the Lord withstanding him in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand, and he stooped down and worshiped on his face.

And Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, I have sinned, for I did not know that thou wert standing opposite in the way to meet me; and now if it shall not be pleasing to thee for me to go on, I will return.

And the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, Go with the men: nevertheless the word which I shall speak to thee, that thou shalt take heed to speak. And Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him, to a city of Moab, which is on the borders of Arnon, which is on the extreme part of the borders.

And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not send to thee to call thee? why hast thou not come to me? shall I not indeed be able to honor thee?

And Balaam said to Balak, Behold, I am now come to thee: shall I be able to say anything? the word which God shall put into my mouth, that I shall speak.

And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to the cities of streets.

And Balak offered sheep and calves, and sent to Balaam and to his princes who were with him.

And it was morning; and Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to the pillar of Baal, and showed him thence a part of the people.

And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.

And Balak did as Balaam told him; and he offered up a calf and a ram on every altar.

And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go and see if God will appear to me and meet me, and the word which he shall show me, I will report to thee. And Balak stood by his sacrifice.

And Balaam went to inquire of God; and he went straight forward, and God appeared to Balaam; and Balaam said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and have offered a calf and a ram on every altar.

And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, Thou shalt return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I called thee to curse my enemies, and behold thou hast greatly blessed them.

And Balaam said to Balak, Whatsoever the Lord shall put into my mouth, shall I not take heed to speak this?

And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to inquire of God.

And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.

And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse the people at all for me, nor bless them at all.

And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Spoke I not to thee, saying, Whatsoever thing God shall speak to me, that will I do?

And Balak said to Balaam, Come and I will remove thee to another place, if it shall please God, and curse me them from thence.

And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which extends to the wilderness.

And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven calves, and seven rams.

And Balak did as Balaam told him, and offered a calf and a ram on every altar.

And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not go according to his custom to meet the omens, but turned his face toward the wilderness.

And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

And he took up his parable and said, Balaam son of Beor says, The man who sees truly says,

And Balak was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemy, and behold thou hast decidedly blessed him this third time.

And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not speak to thy messengers also whom thou sentest to me, saying,

And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, The man who sees truly says,

And Balaam rose up and departed and returned to his place, and Balak went to his own home.

And they slew the kings of Midian together with their slain subjects; even Evi and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian; and they slew with the sword Balaam the son of Beor with their other slain.

For they were the occasion to the children of Israel by the word of Balaam of their revolting and despising the word of the Lord, because of Peor; and there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord.

because they met you not with bread and water by the way, when ye went out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Mesopotamia to curse thee.

But the Lord thy God would not hearken to Balaam; and the Lord thy God changed the curses into blessings, because the Lord thy God loved thee.

And Balaam the son of Beor the prophet they slew in the battle.

And Balak, king of Moab, son of Zippor, rose up, and made war against Israel, and sent and called Balaam to curse us.

Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

O my people, remember now, what counsel Balak king of Moab took against thee, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from the reeds to Gilgal; that the righteousness of the Lord might be known.

Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.

But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.