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Numbers 22:17

Money and wealth

15 Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers.

16 They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,

for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”

18 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.

19 So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
KJV
For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
WEB
for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.’”
ASV
for I will promote thee unto very great honor, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
DARBY
for very highly will I honour thee, and whatever thou shalt say to me will I do; come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
BLB
For I will very greatly honor you, and whatever you say to me, I will do. Therefore come, please, curse for me this people.’”
ÅB
Jeg vil vise deg stor ære, og alt det du sier til meg, vil jeg gjøre; så kom da og forbann dette folk for meg!
OTB
for jeg vil belønne deg rikelig og gjøre hva du enn ber om. Kom nå og forbann dette folket for meg.»
B1930
Jeg vil vise dig stor ære, og alt det du sier til mig, vil jeg gjøre; så kom da og forbann dette folk for mig!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 24:11

    Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”

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  • Matthew 4:8–9

    Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

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  • Numbers 23:2–3

    So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

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  • Esther 7:9

    Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:9

    You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.

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  • Matthew 14:7

    so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.

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  • Numbers 23:29–30

    Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

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  • Numbers 22:6

    So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed.”

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