Numbers 23:11 BSB — MannaFest

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13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
בָּלָק֙	ba.Lak	Balak	H1111 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בִּלְעָ֔ם	bil.'Am	Balaam	H1109 →
מֶ֥ה	meh	what?	H4100 →
עָשִׂ֖יתָ	'a.Si.ta	have you done	H6213 →
לִ֑י	Li	to <the> me
לָקֹ֤ב	la.Ko	to curse	H6895 →
אֹיְבַי֙	'o.ye.Vai	enemies my	H341 →
לְקַחְתִּ֔יךָ	le.kach.Ti.kha	I took you	H3947 →
וְהִנֵּ֖ה	ve.hi.Neh	and here!	H2009 →
בֵּרַ֥כְתָּ	be.Rakh.ta	you have blessed	H1288 →
בָרֵֽךְ׃	va.Rekh	actually <bless>	H1288 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Nehemiah 13:2
because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
leads to
- Deuteronomy 23:5
  Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
- Joshua 24:9–10
  Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
- 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.’”
- Numbers 23:8–11
  How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?
- Psalms 109:28
  Though they curse, You will bless. When they rise up, they will be put to shame, but Your servant will rejoice.
Through
Numbers 24:10
Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.
leads to
- Ezekiel 21:14
  ‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every…
- Ezekiel 22:13
  Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
- Ezekiel 21:17
  I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Nehemiah 13:2because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).Numbers 24:10Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.Psalms 109:17–20The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.Numbers 22:17for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”Numbers 23:7–8And 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!’Numbers 22:11‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’”Genesis 31:55Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.2 Samuel 3:24So Joab went to the king and said, “What have you done? Look, Abner came to you. Why did you dismiss him? Now he is getting away!

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