7 And Balaam otook up his discourse and said,
“From pAram Balak has brought me,
the king of Moab qfrom the eastern mountains:
‘Come, rcurse Jacob for me,
and come, denounce Israel!’
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Numbers 23:18
And Balaam took up his discourse and said,
“Rise, Balak, and hear;
give ear to me, O son of Zippor:
Numbers 24:3
and he took up his discourse and said,
“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
Numbers 24:15
And he took up his discourse and said,
“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,
Numbers 24:20–21
Then he looked on Amalek and took up his discourse and said,
“Amalek was the first among the nations,
but its end is utter destruction.”
And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his discourse and said,
“Enduring is your dwelling place,
and your nest is set in the rock.
Numbers 24:23
And he took up his discourse and said,
“Alas, who shall live when God does this?
Job 27:1
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
Job 29:1
And Job again took up his discourse, and said:
Psalm 49:4
I will incline my ear to a proverb;
I will solve my riddle to the music of the lyre.
Psalm 78:2
I will open my mouth in a parable;
I will utter dark sayings from of old,
Isaiah 14:4
you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon:
“How the oppressor has ceased,
the insolent fury ceased!
Micah 2:4
In that day they shall take up a taunt song against you
and moan bitterly,
and say, “We are utterly ruined;
he changes the portion of my people;
how he removes it from me!
To an apostate he allots our fields.”
Numbers 21:27
Therefore the ballad singers say,
“Come to Heshbon, let it be built;
let the city of Sihon be established.
Numbers 22:5
sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor at Pethor, which is near the River in the land of the people of Amaw, to call him, saying, “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are dwelling opposite me.
Genesis 29:1
Then Jacob went on his journey and came to the land of the people of the east.
Numbers 22:6
Come now, curse this people for me, since they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall be able to defeat them and drive them from the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
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