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title: "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge -  Numbers 22"
description: "Overview  Numbers 22:1, Balak’s first message for Balaam is refused; Numbers 22:15, His second message obtains him; Numbers 22:22, An angel would have sl"
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url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/numbers/22"
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**Overview**
**** [Numbers 22:1](../../../kjv/numbers/22/1), Balak’s first message for Balaam is refused; [Numbers 22:15](../../../kjv/numbers/22/15), His second message obtains him; [Numbers 22:22](../../../kjv/numbers/22/22), An angel would have slain him, if he had not been saved by his ass; [Numbers 22:36](../../../kjv/numbers/22/36), Balak entertains him.

**the children:** [Numbers 21:20](../../../kjv/numbers/21/20), [Numbers 33:48-50](../../../kjv/numbers/33/48-50), [Numbers 36:13](../../../kjv/numbers/36/13), [Deuteronomy 34:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/34/1), [Deuteronomy 34:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/34/8)
**on this side:** [Numbers 32:19](../../../kjv/numbers/32/19), [Numbers 34:15](../../../kjv/numbers/34/15), [Deuteronomy 1:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/5), [Deuteronomy 3:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/3/8), [Joshua 3:16](../../../kjv/joshua/3/16)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 19:37](../../../kjv/genesis/19/37) - Moabites [Numbers 26:3](../../../kjv/numbers/26/3) - *General* [Numbers 31:12](../../../kjv/numbers/31/12) - the plains of Moab [Numbers 35:1](../../../kjv/numbers/35/1) - *General* [Amos 2:1](../../../kjv/amos/2/1) - For three [Micah 6:5](../../../kjv/micah/6/5) - Balak

[Numbers 21:3](../../../kjv/numbers/21/3), [Numbers 21:20-35](../../../kjv/numbers/21/20-35), [Judges 11:25](../../../kjv/judges/11/25)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 22:4](../../../kjv/numbers/22/4) - And Balak

[Exodus 15:15](../../../kjv/exodus/15/15), [Deuteronomy 2:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/25), [Joshua 2:10](../../../kjv/joshua/2/10), [Joshua 2:11](../../../kjv/joshua/2/11), [Joshua 2:24](../../../kjv/joshua/2/24), [Joshua 9:24](../../../kjv/joshua/9/24), [Psalms 53:5](../../../kjv/psalms/53/5), [Isaiah 23:5](../../../kjv/isaiah/23/5)
**Reciprocal:** [Deuteronomy 2:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/4) - they shall [Nehemiah 2:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/2/10) - it grieved [Nehemiah 13:2](../../../kjv/nehemiah/13/2) - hired Balaam [Habakkuk 3:7](../../../kjv/habakkuk/3/7) - saw the

**elders:** [Numbers 22:7](../../../kjv/numbers/22/7), [Numbers 25:15-18](../../../kjv/numbers/25/15-18), [Numbers 31:8](../../../kjv/numbers/31/8), [Joshua 13:21](../../../kjv/joshua/13/21), [Joshua 13:22](../../../kjv/joshua/13/22)
**Now shall:** [Numbers 24:17](../../../kjv/numbers/24/17), [Jeremiah 48:38](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/38)
**And Balak:** [Numbers 22:2](../../../kjv/numbers/22/2), [Judges 11:25](../../../kjv/judges/11/25)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 25:2](../../../kjv/genesis/25/2) - Midian [Exodus 1:9](../../../kjv/exodus/1/9) - the people [Numbers 22:10](../../../kjv/numbers/22/10) - *General* [Numbers 25:6](../../../kjv/numbers/25/6) - a Midianitish [Deuteronomy 2:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/4) - they shall [Deuteronomy 2:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/9) - Distress not the Moabites [1 Kings 11:18](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/18) - Midian [1 Chronicles 1:32](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/1/32) - Midian [Nehemiah 2:10](../../../kjv/nehemiah/2/10) - it grieved [Habakkuk 3:7](../../../kjv/habakkuk/3/7) - saw the

**sent:** [Deuteronomy 23:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/4), [Joshua 13:22](../../../kjv/joshua/13/22), [Joshua 24:9](../../../kjv/joshua/24/9), [Nehemiah 13:1](../../../kjv/nehemiah/13/1), [Nehemiah 13:2](../../../kjv/nehemiah/13/2), [Micah 6:5](../../../kjv/micah/6/5), [2 Peter 2:15](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/15), [2 Peter 2:16](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/16), son of Bosor, [Jude 1:11](../../../kjv/jude/1/11), [Revelation 2:14](../../../kjv/revelation/2/14)
**Pethor:** Dr. Kennicott justly remarks, that "the description now given of Balaam's residence, instead of being particular, agrees with any place, in any country where there is a river; for he lived by Pethor, which is by the river of the land of his people.' But was Pethor, then, near the Nile in Egypt? Or in Canaan, near Jordan? Or in Mesopotamia, near the Euphrates, and belonging to the Ammonites? This last was in fact the case; and therefore, it is well that twelve Hebrew manuscripts - with two of De Rossi's confirm the Samaritan text here, in reading instead of âmmo, his people,' Ammon, with the Syriac and Vulgate versions." Houbigant justly contends for this reading; and necessity urges the propriety of adopting it, and it thus agrees with [Deuteronomy 23:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/4). Ptolemy calls Pethor, Pachura, and Eusebius, Pathura; who places it in upper Mesopotamia. Calmet is of opinion, that it was situated towards Thapsacus, beyond the Euphrates. [Numbers 23:7](../../../kjv/numbers/23/7), [Deuteronomy 23:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/4)
**they cover:** [Genesis 13:16](../../../kjv/genesis/13/16), [Exodus 1:7-10](../../../kjv/exodus/1/7-10), [Psalms 105:24](../../../kjv/psalms/105/24)
**face:** Heb. eye
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 1:9](../../../kjv/exodus/1/9) - the people [Exodus 15:14](../../../kjv/exodus/15/14) - hear [Numbers 23:22](../../../kjv/numbers/23/22) - God [1 Chronicles 6:70](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/6/70) - Bileam

**curse me:** [Numbers 23:7](../../../kjv/numbers/23/7), [Numbers 23:8](../../../kjv/numbers/23/8), [Numbers 24:9](../../../kjv/numbers/24/9), [Genesis 12:3](../../../kjv/genesis/12/3), [Genesis 27:29](../../../kjv/genesis/27/29), [Deuteronomy 23:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/4), [Joshua 24:9](../../../kjv/joshua/24/9), [1 Samuel 17:43](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/43), [Nehemiah 13:2](../../../kjv/nehemiah/13/2), [Psalms 109:17](../../../kjv/psalms/109/17), [Psalms 109:18](../../../kjv/psalms/109/18)
**I wot:** [1 Kings 22:6](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/6), [1 Kings 22:8](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/8), [1 Kings 22:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/13), [Psalms 109:28](../../../kjv/psalms/109/28), [Proverbs 26:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/26/2), [Isaiah 47:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/47/12), [Isaiah 47:13](../../../kjv/isaiah/47/13), [Ezekiel 13:6](../../../kjv/ezekiel/13/6), [Acts 8:9](../../../kjv/acts/8/9), [Acts 8:10](../../../kjv/acts/8/10), [Acts 16:16](../../../kjv/acts/16/16)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 1:10](../../../kjv/exodus/1/10) - wisely [Numbers 22:17](../../../kjv/numbers/22/17) - come [Numbers 23:23](../../../kjv/numbers/23/23) - no enchantment [Numbers 24:10](../../../kjv/numbers/24/10) - I called [Psalms 64:5](../../../kjv/psalms/64/5) - encourage [Acts 3:17](../../../kjv/acts/3/17) - wot

**rewards of divination:** [1 Samuel 9:7](../../../kjv/1-samuel/9/7), [1 Samuel 9:8](../../../kjv/1-samuel/9/8), [Isaiah 56:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/56/11), [Ezekiel 13:19](../../../kjv/ezekiel/13/19), [Micah 3:11](../../../kjv/micah/3/11), [Romans 16:18](../../../kjv/romans/16/18), [1 Timothy 6:9](../../../kjv/1-timothy/6/9), [1 Timothy 6:10](../../../kjv/1-timothy/6/10), [Titus 1:11](../../../kjv/titus/1/11), [2 Peter 2:15](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/15), [Jude 1:11](../../../kjv/jude/1/11)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 22:4](../../../kjv/numbers/22/4) - elders [Numbers 22:15](../../../kjv/numbers/22/15) - princes [Numbers 22:19](../../../kjv/numbers/22/19) - *General* [Deuteronomy 23:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/4) - because they hired [Judges 16:18](../../../kjv/judges/16/18) - brought money [1 Kings 11:18](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/18) - Midian [2 Kings 5:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/5) - and took [Daniel 2:6](../../../kjv/daniel/2/6) - ye shall [Daniel 5:7](../../../kjv/daniel/5/7) - be clothed [Acts 1:18](../../../kjv/acts/1/18) - with

[Numbers 22:19](../../../kjv/numbers/22/19), [Numbers 22:20](../../../kjv/numbers/22/20), [Numbers 12:6](../../../kjv/numbers/12/6), [Numbers 23:12](../../../kjv/numbers/23/12), [Jeremiah 12:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/12/2), [Ezekiel 33:31](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/31)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 22:15](../../../kjv/numbers/22/15) - princes [Numbers 23:3](../../../kjv/numbers/23/3) - peradventure [Numbers 23:15](../../../kjv/numbers/23/15) - *General*

**God:** [Numbers 22:20](../../../kjv/numbers/22/20), [Genesis 20:3](../../../kjv/genesis/20/3), [Genesis 31:24](../../../kjv/genesis/31/24), [Genesis 41:25](../../../kjv/genesis/41/25), [Daniel 2:45](../../../kjv/daniel/2/45), [Daniel 4:31](../../../kjv/daniel/4/31), [Daniel 4:32](../../../kjv/daniel/4/32), [Matthew 7:22](../../../kjv/matthew/7/22), [Matthew 24:24](../../../kjv/matthew/24/24), [John 11:51](../../../kjv/john/11/51)
**What men:** [Genesis 3:9-11](../../../kjv/genesis/3/9-11), [Genesis 4:9](../../../kjv/genesis/4/9), [Genesis 16:8](../../../kjv/genesis/16/8), [Exodus 4:2](../../../kjv/exodus/4/2), [2 Kings 20:14](../../../kjv/2-kings/20/14), [2 Kings 20:15](../../../kjv/2-kings/20/15)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 23:3](../../../kjv/numbers/23/3) - peradventure [Numbers 23:4](../../../kjv/numbers/23/4) - God

[Numbers 22:4-6](../../../kjv/numbers/22/4-6)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 31:8](../../../kjv/numbers/31/8) - Balaam

**able to overcome them:** Heb. prevail in fighting against them, [Numbers 22:11](../../../kjv/numbers/22/11)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 27:29](../../../kjv/genesis/27/29) - cursed [Numbers 23:7](../../../kjv/numbers/23/7) - Come [Numbers 23:11](../../../kjv/numbers/23/11) - *General* [Numbers 24:10](../../../kjv/numbers/24/10) - I called [Joshua 24:10](../../../kjv/joshua/24/10) - *General* [1 Samuel 17:43](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/43) - cursed

**Thou shalt:** [Numbers 22:20](../../../kjv/numbers/22/20), [Job 33:15-17](../../../kjv/job/33/15-17), [Matthew 27:19](../../../kjv/matthew/27/19)
**thou shalt not curse:** [Numbers 22:19](../../../kjv/numbers/22/19), [Numbers 23:3](../../../kjv/numbers/23/3), [Numbers 23:13-15](../../../kjv/numbers/23/13-15), [Numbers 23:19](../../../kjv/numbers/23/19), [Numbers 23:23](../../../kjv/numbers/23/23), [Micah 6:5](../../../kjv/micah/6/5)
**for they:** [Numbers 23:20](../../../kjv/numbers/23/20), [Genesis 12:2](../../../kjv/genesis/12/2), [Genesis 22:16-18](../../../kjv/genesis/22/16-18), [Deuteronomy 23:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/5), [Deuteronomy 33:29](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/33/29), [Psalms 144:15](../../../kjv/psalms/144/15), [Psalms 146:5](../../../kjv/psalms/146/5), [Romans 4:6](../../../kjv/romans/4/6), [Romans 4:7](../../../kjv/romans/4/7), [Romans 11:29](../../../kjv/romans/11/29), [Ephesians 1:3](../../../kjv/ephesians/1/3)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 27:29](../../../kjv/genesis/27/29) - cursed [Numbers 22:34](../../../kjv/numbers/22/34) - if it displease thee [Deuteronomy 1:11](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/11) - and bless you [Joshua 24:10](../../../kjv/joshua/24/10) - *General* [1 Samuel 17:43](../../../kjv/1-samuel/17/43) - cursed [Psalms 109:28](../../../kjv/psalms/109/28) - Let them

**for the Lord:** [Numbers 22:14](../../../kjv/numbers/22/14), [Deuteronomy 23:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/5)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 24:1](../../../kjv/numbers/24/1) - saw [1 Kings 13:16](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/16) - *General* [1 Kings 21:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/21/4) - I will not

**Balaam refuseth:** [Numbers 22:13](../../../kjv/numbers/22/13), [Numbers 22:37](../../../kjv/numbers/22/37)
**Reciprocal:** [1 Kings 21:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/21/4) - I will not

**princes:** [Numbers 22:7](../../../kjv/numbers/22/7), [Numbers 22:8](../../../kjv/numbers/22/8), [Acts 10:7](../../../kjv/acts/10/7), [Acts 10:8](../../../kjv/acts/10/8)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 34:19](../../../kjv/genesis/34/19) - honourable

**Let nothing:** etc. Heb. Be not thou letted from, etc. [Numbers 22:16](../../../kjv/numbers/22/16)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 22:37](../../../kjv/numbers/22/37) - *General* [2 Samuel 13:28](../../../kjv/2-samuel/13/28) - fear not [Daniel 2:48](../../../kjv/daniel/2/48) - a great

**I will promote:** [Numbers 24:11](../../../kjv/numbers/24/11), [Deuteronomy 16:9](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/16/9), [Esther 5:11](../../../kjv/esther/5/11), [Esther 7:9](../../../kjv/esther/7/9), [Matthew 4:8](../../../kjv/matthew/4/8), [Matthew 4:9](../../../kjv/matthew/4/9), [Matthew 16:26](../../../kjv/matthew/16/26)
**and I will do:** [Numbers 23:2](../../../kjv/numbers/23/2), [Numbers 23:3](../../../kjv/numbers/23/3), [Numbers 23:29](../../../kjv/numbers/23/29), [Numbers 23:30](../../../kjv/numbers/23/30), [Matthew 14:7](../../../kjv/matthew/14/7)
**come:** [Numbers 22:6](../../../kjv/numbers/22/6)
**curse me:** An erroneous opinion prevailed, both in those days and in after ages, that some men had the power, by the help of their gods, to devote, not only particular persons, but cities and whole armies, to destruction. This they are said to have done sometimes by words of imprecation; of which there was a set form among some people, which schines calls היןסיזןלוםחם בסבם , "the determinate curse." Macrobius has a whole chapter on this subject. He gives us two of the ancient forms used in reference to the destruction of Carthage; the first, which was only pronounced by the dictator, or general, was to call over the protecting deities to their side, and the other to devote the city to destruction, which they were supposed to have abandoned. The Romans held, that no city would be taken till its tutelary god had forsaken it; or if it could be taken, it would be unlawful, as it would be sacrilege to lead the gods into captivity. Virgil intimates, that Troy was destroyed because Excessere omnes adytis, arisque relictis dii, quibus imperium hoc steterat, "All the gods, by whose assistance the empire had hitherto been preserved, forsook their altars and temples." See more on this subject in Dr. A. Clarke, Bp. Patrick, and Burder's Oriental Customs, No. 734.
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 22:37](../../../kjv/numbers/22/37) - *General* [Numbers 23:7](../../../kjv/numbers/23/7) - Come [Numbers 23:11](../../../kjv/numbers/23/11) - *General* [Numbers 24:10](../../../kjv/numbers/24/10) - I called [Deuteronomy 23:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/4) - because they hired [Judges 16:5](../../../kjv/judges/16/5) - we will [2 Samuel 13:28](../../../kjv/2-samuel/13/28) - fear not [2 Kings 5:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/5) - and took [Daniel 2:6](../../../kjv/daniel/2/6) - ye shall [Daniel 2:48](../../../kjv/daniel/2/48) - a great [Daniel 5:7](../../../kjv/daniel/5/7) - be clothed [Acts 1:18](../../../kjv/acts/1/18) - with [1 Timothy 6:9](../../../kjv/1-timothy/6/9) - they

**If Balak:** [Numbers 24:13](../../../kjv/numbers/24/13), [Titus 1:16](../../../kjv/titus/1/16)
**I cannot:** [Numbers 23:26](../../../kjv/numbers/23/26), [Numbers 24:13](../../../kjv/numbers/24/13), [1 Kings 22:14](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/14), [2 Chronicles 18:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/13), [Daniel 5:17](../../../kjv/daniel/5/17), [Acts 8:20](../../../kjv/acts/8/20)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 22:38](../../../kjv/numbers/22/38) - have I [Numbers 23:20](../../../kjv/numbers/23/20) - I cannot [Numbers 24:12](../../../kjv/numbers/24/12) - *General* [Joshua 24:10](../../../kjv/joshua/24/10) - *General* [Judges 16:5](../../../kjv/judges/16/5) - we will [1 Kings 13:8](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/8) - If [2 Kings 5:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/5/5) - and took [Job 3:15](../../../kjv/job/3/15) - who filled their houses [2 Peter 2:15](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/15) - who

[Numbers 22:7](../../../kjv/numbers/22/7), [Numbers 22:8](../../../kjv/numbers/22/8), [1 Timothy 6:9](../../../kjv/1-timothy/6/9), [1 Timothy 6:10](../../../kjv/1-timothy/6/10), [2 Peter 2:3](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/3), [2 Peter 2:15](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/15), [Jude 1:11](../../../kjv/jude/1/11)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 22:12](../../../kjv/numbers/22/12) - thou shalt not curse [1 Kings 13:16](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/16) - *General* [Job 4:13](../../../kjv/job/4/13) - thoughts

**God:** [Numbers 22:9](../../../kjv/numbers/22/9)
**If the men:** [1 Samuel 8:5-9](../../../kjv/1-samuel/8/5-9), [1 Samuel 12:12-19](../../../kjv/1-samuel/12/12-19), [Psalms 81:12](../../../kjv/psalms/81/12), [Ezekiel 14:2-5](../../../kjv/ezekiel/14/2-5), [2 Thessalonians 2:9-12](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/2/9-12)
**but yet:** [Numbers 22:35](../../../kjv/numbers/22/35), [Numbers 23:12](../../../kjv/numbers/23/12), [Numbers 23:26](../../../kjv/numbers/23/26), [Numbers 24:13](../../../kjv/numbers/24/13), [Psalms 33:10](../../../kjv/psalms/33/10), [Psalms 33:11](../../../kjv/psalms/33/11), [Psalms 78:30](../../../kjv/psalms/78/30), [Psalms 78:31](../../../kjv/psalms/78/31), [Isaiah 37:29](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/29), [Hosea 13:11](../../../kjv/hosea/13/11)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 31:24](../../../kjv/genesis/31/24) - dream [Numbers 22:8](../../../kjv/numbers/22/8) - *General* [Numbers 22:12](../../../kjv/numbers/22/12) - Thou shalt [Numbers 22:32](../../../kjv/numbers/22/32) - before me [Numbers 23:4](../../../kjv/numbers/23/4) - God [1 Samuel 8:7](../../../kjv/1-samuel/8/7) - Hearken [Job 4:13](../../../kjv/job/4/13) - thoughts [Jeremiah 1:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/1/7) - for thou shalt

[Proverbs 1:15](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/15), [Proverbs 1:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/16)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 16:15](../../../kjv/numbers/16/15) - I have not [Numbers 22:35](../../../kjv/numbers/22/35) - I shall speak [1 Kings 13:13](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/13) - *General*

**God's:** [2 Kings 10:20](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/20), [Hosea 1:4](../../../kjv/hosea/1/4)
**and the angel:** [Numbers 22:35](../../../kjv/numbers/22/35), [Genesis 48:15](../../../kjv/genesis/48/15), [Genesis 48:16](../../../kjv/genesis/48/16), [Exodus 3:2-6](../../../kjv/exodus/3/2-6), [Hosea 12:4](../../../kjv/hosea/12/4), [Hosea 12:5](../../../kjv/hosea/12/5)
**stood:** [Numbers 22:32](../../../kjv/numbers/22/32), [Exodus 4:24](../../../kjv/exodus/4/24), [Lamentations 2:4](../../../kjv/lamentations/2/4)
**Reciprocal:** [Judges 19:3](../../../kjv/judges/19/3) - his servant [2 Peter 2:16](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/16) - the dumb

**the ass saw:** [2 Kings 6:17](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/17), [1 Chronicles 21:16](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/21/16), [Daniel 10:7](../../../kjv/daniel/10/7), [Acts 22:9](../../../kjv/acts/22/9), [1 Corinthians 1:27-29](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/1/27-29), [2 Peter 2:16](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/16), [Jude 1:11](../../../kjv/jude/1/11)
**the ass turned:** [Jeremiah 8:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/8/7)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 3:24](../../../kjv/genesis/3/24) - a flaming [Exodus 4:24](../../../kjv/exodus/4/24) - the Lord [Joshua 5:13](../../../kjv/joshua/5/13) - his sword [2 Peter 2:15](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/15) - who

**crushed Balaam's:** [Job 5:13-15](../../../kjv/job/5/13-15), [Isaiah 47:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/47/12)

**where was no way:** [Isaiah 26:11](../../../kjv/isaiah/26/11), [Hosea 2:6](../../../kjv/hosea/2/6)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 31:24](../../../kjv/genesis/31/24) - dream

**and Balaam's anger:** [Proverbs 14:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/16), [Proverbs 27:3](../../../kjv/proverbs/27/3), [Proverbs 27:4](../../../kjv/proverbs/27/4)

**the Lord opened:** And where is the wonder of all this? If the ass had opened her own mouth, and reproved the rash prophet, we might well be astonished; but when God opens the mouth, an ass can speak as well as a man. It is to no purpose to speak of the construction of the ass's mouth, of the formation of the tongue and jaws being unfit for speaking; for an adequate cause is assigned for this wonderful effect, "The Lord opened the mouth of the ass"; and no one who believes in a God, can doubt of his power to do this and much more. [Exodus 4:11](../../../kjv/exodus/4/11), [Luke 1:37](../../../kjv/luke/1/37), [1 Corinthians 1:19](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/1/19), [2 Peter 2:16](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/16)
**What have I:** [Romans 8:22](../../../kjv/romans/8/22)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 3:1](../../../kjv/genesis/3/1) - he said [Numbers 22:32](../../../kjv/numbers/22/32) - Wherefore [Proverbs 12:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/12/10) - righteous [John 11:51](../../../kjv/john/11/51) - he prophesied [1 Corinthians 9:9](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/9/9) - Doth [2 Peter 2:15](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/15) - who

**for now would:** [Proverbs 12:10](../../../kjv/proverbs/12/10), [Proverbs 12:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/12/16), [Ecclesiastes 9:3](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/9/3)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 3:1](../../../kjv/genesis/3/1) - he said [Genesis 30:34](../../../kjv/genesis/30/34) - *General* [Matthew 2:16](../../../kjv/matthew/2/16) - when

**the ass said:** [2 Peter 2:16](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/16)
**upon which thou hast ridden:** Heb. who hast ridden upon me, ever since I was thine. or, ever since thou wast, unto, etc. [1 Corinthians 1:27](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/1/27), [1 Corinthians 1:28](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/1/28)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 16:15](../../../kjv/numbers/16/15) - I have not

**opened:** [Numbers 24:4](../../../kjv/numbers/24/4), *marg. [Numbers 24:16](../../../kjv/numbers/24/16), [Genesis 21:19](../../../kjv/genesis/21/19), [2 Kings 6:17-20](../../../kjv/2-kings/6/17-20), [1 Chronicles 21:16](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/21/16), [Luke 24:16](../../../kjv/luke/24/16), [Luke 24:31](../../../kjv/luke/24/31), [Acts 26:18](../../../kjv/acts/26/18)
**bowed down:** [Exodus 34:8](../../../kjv/exodus/34/8), [Psalms 9:20](../../../kjv/psalms/9/20), [John 18:6](../../../kjv/john/18/6)
**fell flat on his face:** or, bowed himself
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 23:3](../../../kjv/numbers/23/3) - peradventure [Numbers 24:3](../../../kjv/numbers/24/3) - whose eyes are open hath said

**Wherefore:** [Numbers 22:28](../../../kjv/numbers/22/28), [Deuteronomy 25:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/25/4), [Psalms 36:6](../../../kjv/psalms/36/6), [Psalms 145:9](../../../kjv/psalms/145/9), [Psalms 147:9](../../../kjv/psalms/147/9), [Jonah 4:11](../../../kjv/jonah/4/11)
**withstand thee:** Heb. be an adversary unto thee, [Numbers 22:22](../../../kjv/numbers/22/22)
**thy way:** [Deuteronomy 23:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/4), [Proverbs 28:6](../../../kjv/proverbs/28/6), [Micah 6:5](../../../kjv/micah/6/5), [Acts 13:10](../../../kjv/acts/13/10), [2 Peter 2:14](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/14), [2 Peter 2:15](../../../kjv/2-peter/2/15)
**before me:** [Numbers 22:20](../../../kjv/numbers/22/20), [Numbers 22:22](../../../kjv/numbers/22/22), [Numbers 22:35](../../../kjv/numbers/22/35), [Exodus 3:2-6](../../../kjv/exodus/3/2-6), [Proverbs 14:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/14/2), [Proverbs 28:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/28/18)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 8:1](../../../kjv/genesis/8/1) - the cattle [Ecclesiastes 11:9](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/11/9) - walk [Jeremiah 3:21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/3/21) - for they have

**surely:** [Numbers 14:37](../../../kjv/numbers/14/37), [Numbers 16:33-35](../../../kjv/numbers/16/33-35), [1 Kings 13:24-28](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/24-28)

**I Have sinned:** [Exodus 9:27](../../../kjv/exodus/9/27), [Exodus 10:16](../../../kjv/exodus/10/16), [Exodus 10:17](../../../kjv/exodus/10/17), [1 Samuel 15:24](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/24), [1 Samuel 15:30](../../../kjv/1-samuel/15/30), [1 Samuel 24:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/24/17), [1 Samuel 26:21](../../../kjv/1-samuel/26/21), [2 Samuel 12:13](../../../kjv/2-samuel/12/13), [Job 34:31](../../../kjv/job/34/31), [Job 34:32](../../../kjv/job/34/32), [Psalms 78:34](../../../kjv/psalms/78/34), [Matthew 27:4](../../../kjv/matthew/27/4), [Matthew 27:5](../../../kjv/matthew/27/5)
**if it displease thee:** Heb. be evil in thine eyes, [Numbers 22:12](../../../kjv/numbers/22/12), [Numbers 11:1](../../../kjv/numbers/11/1), [1 Chronicles 21:7](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/21/7), [Proverbs 24:18](../../../kjv/proverbs/24/18), *marg.
**I will get:** [Job 34:31](../../../kjv/job/34/31), [Job 34:32](../../../kjv/job/34/32)
**Reciprocal:** [Genesis 38:10](../../../kjv/genesis/38/10) - displeased [Genesis 48:17](../../../kjv/genesis/48/17) - displeased him [Deuteronomy 1:41](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/1/41) - We have sinned [Joshua 7:20](../../../kjv/joshua/7/20) - Indeed [1 Samuel 18:8](../../../kjv/1-samuel/18/8) - displeased him [1 Samuel 29:7](../../../kjv/1-samuel/29/7) - displease [1 Kings 9:12](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/12) - they pleased him not

**Go:** [Numbers 22:20](../../../kjv/numbers/22/20), [Psalms 81:12](../../../kjv/psalms/81/12), [Isaiah 37:26-29](../../../kjv/isaiah/37/26-29), [2 Thessalonians 2:9-12](../../../kjv/2-thessalonians/2/9-12)
**I shall speak:** [Numbers 22:20](../../../kjv/numbers/22/20), [Numbers 22:21](../../../kjv/numbers/22/21)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 22:22](../../../kjv/numbers/22/22) - and the angel [Numbers 22:32](../../../kjv/numbers/22/32) - before me [Numbers 23:5](../../../kjv/numbers/23/5) - *General* [Numbers 23:16](../../../kjv/numbers/23/16) - *General* [Deuteronomy 23:5](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/23/5) - Nevertheless [Joshua 24:10](../../../kjv/joshua/24/10) - *General* [1 Kings 13:18](../../../kjv/1-kings/13/18) - an angel [2 Chronicles 18:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/13) - even what my God

**went:** [Genesis 14:17](../../../kjv/genesis/14/17), [Genesis 18:2](../../../kjv/genesis/18/2), [Genesis 46:29](../../../kjv/genesis/46/29), [Exodus 18:7](../../../kjv/exodus/18/7), [1 Samuel 13:10](../../../kjv/1-samuel/13/10), [Acts 28:15](../../../kjv/acts/28/15)
**the border:** [Numbers 21:13](../../../kjv/numbers/21/13), [Numbers 21:14](../../../kjv/numbers/21/14), [Deuteronomy 2:24](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/2/24), [Deuteronomy 3:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/3/8), [Judges 11:18](../../../kjv/judges/11/18), [Isaiah 16:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/2), [Jeremiah 48:20](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/20)

I am not able, [Numbers 22:16](../../../kjv/numbers/22/16), [Numbers 22:17](../../../kjv/numbers/22/17), [Numbers 24:11](../../../kjv/numbers/24/11), [Psalms 75:6](../../../kjv/psalms/75/6), [Matthew 4:8](../../../kjv/matthew/4/8), [Matthew 4:9](../../../kjv/matthew/4/9), [Luke 4:6](../../../kjv/luke/4/6), [John 5:44](../../../kjv/john/5/44)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 22:14](../../../kjv/numbers/22/14) - Balaam refuseth [Daniel 2:6](../../../kjv/daniel/2/6) - ye shall

**have I:** [Numbers 22:18](../../../kjv/numbers/22/18), [Psalms 33:10](../../../kjv/psalms/33/10), [Psalms 76:10](../../../kjv/psalms/76/10), [Proverbs 19:21](../../../kjv/proverbs/19/21), [Isaiah 44:25](../../../kjv/isaiah/44/25), [Isaiah 46:10](../../../kjv/isaiah/46/10), [Isaiah 47:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/47/12)
**the word:** [Numbers 23:16](../../../kjv/numbers/23/16), [Numbers 23:26](../../../kjv/numbers/23/26), [Numbers 24:13](../../../kjv/numbers/24/13), [1 Kings 22:14](../../../kjv/1-kings/22/14), [2 Chronicles 18:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/18/13)
**Reciprocal:** [Exodus 4:15](../../../kjv/exodus/4/15) - and I [Numbers 23:12](../../../kjv/numbers/23/12) - *General* [Numbers 23:20](../../../kjv/numbers/23/20) - I cannot [Numbers 24:12](../../../kjv/numbers/24/12) - *General* [Judges 7:14](../../../kjv/judges/7/14) - his fellow [Jeremiah 1:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/1/7) - for thou shalt [Acts 4:20](../../../kjv/acts/4/20) - we cannot

**Kirjathhuzoth:** or, a city of streets, Probably Rabbath-Moab, now called Rabba, the capital of the Moabites; and being the royal city, distinguished by its streets. [Numbers 22:39](../../../kjv/numbers/22/39)
**Reciprocal:** [Isaiah 16:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/12) - when

[Numbers 23:2](../../../kjv/numbers/23/2), [Numbers 23:14](../../../kjv/numbers/23/14), [Numbers 23:30](../../../kjv/numbers/23/30), [Genesis 31:54](../../../kjv/genesis/31/54), [Proverbs 1:16](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/16)
**Reciprocal:** [Jeremiah 48:35](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/35) - him that offereth

**high places:** Bamoth baal, "the high places of Baal," probably the same as Bamoth mentioned in [Numbers 21:19](../../../kjv/numbers/21/19), [Numbers 21:20](../../../kjv/numbers/21/20), evidently not far from Baal-meon, in the mountains of Abarim: for the Israelites were now encamped in the plains of Moab, which these mountains overlook. Baal, which signifies a lord or governor, was a name common to many idols; and probably here was the same as Chemosh, the god of Moab. [Numbers 25:2](../../../kjv/numbers/25/2), [Numbers 25:3](../../../kjv/numbers/25/3), [Deuteronomy 12:2](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/12/2), [2 Chronicles 11:15](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/11/15), [Jeremiah 48:35](../../../kjv/jeremiah/48/35)
**utmost:** [Numbers 23:13](../../../kjv/numbers/23/13)
**Reciprocal:** [Numbers 32:38](../../../kjv/numbers/32/38) - Baalmeon [Joshua 13:17](../../../kjv/joshua/13/17) - Bamothbaal [Isaiah 16:12](../../../kjv/isaiah/16/12) - when [Jeremiah 19:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/19/5) - the high [Micah 6:5](../../../kjv/micah/6/5) - Shittim

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