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Numbers 22:17

Money and wealth

15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.

16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:

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.

18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more.

19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.

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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 now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.

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  • Matthew 4:8–9

    Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;

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  • Numbers 23:2–3

    And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.

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  • Esther 7:9

    And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:9

    Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn.

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  • Matthew 14:7

    Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.

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  • Numbers 23:29–30

    And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

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  • Numbers 22:6

    Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.

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