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Num 24:1 — And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

saw		Num 22:13; Num 23:20; Num 31:16; 1Sa 24:20; 1Sa 26:2,25; Rev 2:14
at other times		Num 23:3,15
to seek for enchantments		Heb. to the meeting of enchantments. Num 23:23

Correlating Passages

saw

	Num 22:13	And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.
	Num 23:20	Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
	Num 31:16	Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
	1Sa 24:20	And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand.
	1Sa 26:2	Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.
	1Sa 26:25	Then Saul said to David, Blessed [be] thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great [things], and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
	Rev 2:14	But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication.

at other times

	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.
	Num 23:15	And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder.

to seek for enchantments

Num 23:23

Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

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Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 24:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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