Numbers 24:14

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Numbers 24:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

12 Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me

13 that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I will speak whatever the LORD says.

14 Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”

15 Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,

16 the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:

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Numbers 24:17

I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.

Numbers 31:7

Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.

Numbers 31:8

Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.

Numbers 31:9

The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.

Numbers 31:10

Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,

Numbers 31:11

and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.

Numbers 31:12

They brought the captives, spoils, and plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of Israel at the camp on the plains of Moab, by the Jordan across from Jericho.

Numbers 31:13

And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.

Numbers 31:14

But Moses was angry with the officers of the army—the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds—who were returning from the battle.

Numbers 31:15

“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.

Numbers 31:16

“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.

Numbers 31:17

So now, kill all the boys, as well as every woman who has had relations with a man,

Numbers 31:18

but spare for yourselves every girl who has never had relations with a man.

Micah 6:5

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.’”

Revelation 2:10

Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

Revelation 2:14

But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

Genesis 49:1

Then Jacob called for his sons and said, “Gather around so that I can tell you what will happen to you in the days to come:

Isaiah 24:22

They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.

Jeremiah 48:47

Yet in the latter days I will restore Moab from captivity,” declares the LORD. Here ends the judgment on Moab.

Jeremiah 49:39

“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.

Daniel 2:28

But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your mind as you lay on your bed were these:

Daniel 10:14

Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns those days.”

Hosea 3:5

Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

Acts 2:17

‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.

2 Timothy 3:1

But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come.