Quotes about Balak
Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he gave portions to Balaam and the princes who were with him.
- Numbers 22:40
The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.
- Numbers 22:41
Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
- Numbers 23:1
So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
- Numbers 23:2
Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”
- Numbers 23:5
So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.
- Numbers 23:6
And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
- Numbers 23:7
Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”
- Numbers 23:13
So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
- Numbers 23:14
Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”
- Numbers 23:15
And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
- Numbers 23:16
So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.
- Numbers 23:17