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Micah 6:5

BalaamBalakBeorMoabGilgalMoabShittim

3 O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me.

4 For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

6 Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old?

7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

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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
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
KJV
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
WEB
My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the LORD.”
ASV
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; [remember] from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteous acts of Jehovah.
DARBY
My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah.
BLB
My people, remember, please, what Balak king of Moab counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor answered him—from Shittim unto Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of YHWH!’”
ÅB
Mitt folk, husk hva Balak, Moabs konge, planla,
og hva Bileam, Beors sønn, svarte ham,
det som hendte fra Sittim til Gilgal,[^1]
så du kan kjenne Herrens rettferdige gjerninger.
OTB
Mitt folk, husk
Hva Balak, kongen av Moab, planla,
Og hvordan Bileam, Beors sønn, svarte ham,
Og alt som skjedde fra Sjittim til Gilgal,
Slik at du kan kjenne Herrens rettferdige gjerninger.”
B1930
Mitt folk! Kom i hu det råd som Balak, Moabs konge, hadde lagt, og det svar som Bileam, Beors sønn, gav ham, det som hendte på veien fra Sittim til Gilgal, så du kan forstå Herrens rettferdige gjerninger!

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Cross references

  • Joshua 5:9–10

    And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day.

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  • Numbers 25:1

    And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.

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  • Judges 5:11

    They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates.

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  • 2 Peter 2:15

    Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;

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  • Deuteronomy 16:3

    Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

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  • Joshua 4:19

    And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho.

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  • Joshua 24:9–10

    Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

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  • Psalms 143:11

    Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name’s sake: for thy righteousness’ sake bring my soul out of trouble.

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