Quotes about Balak
Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,
- Numbers 22:2
So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
- Numbers 22:4
he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
- Numbers 22:5
The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.
- Numbers 22:7
And Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:
- Numbers 22:10
So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
- Numbers 22:13
And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
- Numbers 22:14
Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers.
- Numbers 22:15
They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
- Numbers 22:16
But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
- Numbers 22:18
When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.
- Numbers 22:36
So Balaam accompanied Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth.
- Numbers 22:39