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Balak
King of Moab who hired Balaam against the camp on his border and got four blessings and a prophecy of his own destroyer for his fee.
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Balak in Scripture
40 verses use this name, in 5 books. Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture — some of these verses may speak of another person called Balak.
First namedNumbers 22:2Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,Last namedRevelation 2:14But 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.
Old Testament4 books · 39 mentions
Numbers36 mentions
- Numbers 22:2Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,
- Numbers 22:4So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, “This horde will devour everything around us, as an ox licks up the grass of the field.” Since Balak son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time,
- Numbers 22:5he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
- Numbers 22:7The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.
- Numbers 22:10And Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:
31 further mentions in Numbers — read them in the book.
Joshua1 mention
Judges1 mention
New Testament1 book · 1 mention
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Other people MannaFest has a page for whose name the text uses in Numbers 22, Numbers 23, Numbers 24, Joshua 24, Judges 11, Micah 6 and Revelation 2. Each card shows the verse it came from. Scripture reuses names freely, so a page behind a name here may belong to another person who shares it.
JoshuaMoses' minister and successor, one of the two faithful spies; he led Israel across Jordan, around Jericho, and through…Joshua 24:1Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
JacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.Numbers 23:7And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’
Balaam son of BeorThe Mesopotamian diviner hired by Balak to curse Israel, rebuked by his own donkey, and constrained to bless four times…Numbers 22:5he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates in the land of his people. “Behold, a people has come out of Egypt,” said Balak. “They cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
AaronBrother of Moses and Israel's first high priest; his rod budded, his garments were for glory and beauty, and his line c…Joshua 24:5Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I afflicted the Egyptians by what I did there, and afterward I brought you out.
AbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all natio…Joshua 24:2And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.
IsaacThe son of promise and of laughter — bound on Moriah, the quiet inheritor of the covenant.Joshua 24:3But I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and led him through all the land of Canaan, and I multiplied his descendants. I gave him Isaac,
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