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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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I will promote
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Num 24:11; Deu 16:9; Est 5:11; Est 7:9; Mat 4:8,9; Mat 16:26 |
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and I will do
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Num 23:2,3,29,30; Mat 14:7 |
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come
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Num 22:6 |
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curse me
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"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 Ęschines calls [diorizomenen aran ] ""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 di" |
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Num 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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Deu 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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Est 5:11 |
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all [the things] wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. |
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Est 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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Mat 4:8 |
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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Mat 4:9 |
And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. |
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Mat 16:26 |
For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? |
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Num 23:2 |
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on [every] altar a bullock and a ram. |
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Num 23:3 |
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. |
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Num 23:29 |
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. |
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Num 23:30 |
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar. |
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Mat 14:7 |
Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. |
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Num 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. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 22:17," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Num/22/17.html>.
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