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Numbers · read by Keith Green
91 verses, in order. Only the verses Keith read aloud are shown.
Numbers 22
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Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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and Moab was terrified of the people because they were numerous. Indeed, Moab dreaded the Israelites.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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So 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,Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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he 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.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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So please come now and put a curse on this people, because they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land; for I know that those you bless are blessed, and those you curse are cursed."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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The 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.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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"Spend the night here," Balaam replied, "and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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Then God came to Balaam and asked, "Who are these men with you?"Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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And Balaam said to God, "Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message:Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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'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.'"Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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But God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak's princes, "Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, "Balaam refused to come with us."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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Then Balak sent other princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first messengers.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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They came to Balaam and said, "This is what Balak son of Zippor says: 'Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!'"Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, "If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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That night God came to Balaam and said, "Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow passage between two vineyards, with walls on either side.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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And the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or left.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam, and he became furious and beat her with his staff.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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Then the LORD opened the donkey's mouth, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?"Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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But the donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not the donkey you have ridden all your life until today? Have I ever treated you this way before?" "No," he replied.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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Then the LORD opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. And Balaam bowed low and fell facedown.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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The donkey saw me and turned away from me these three times. If she had not turned away, then by now I would surely have killed you and let her live."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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"I have sinned," Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, "for I did not realize that you were standing in the road to confront me. And now, if this is displeasing in your sight, I will go back home."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the Moabite city on the Arnon border, at the edge of his territory.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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And he said to Balaam, "Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to richly reward you?"Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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"See, I have come to you," Balaam replied, "but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balaam - Part 1
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Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and he gave portions to Balaam and the princes who were with him.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
Numbers 23
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Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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"Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone," Balaam said to Balak. "Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you." So Balaam went off to a barren height,Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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Then the LORD put a message in Balaam's mouth, saying, "Return to Balak and give him this message."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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And 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!'Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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How can I curse what God has not cursed? How can I denounce what the LORD has not denounced?Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!"Read from ESV · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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Then Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!"Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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Then Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.Read from ESV · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, "Return to Balak and speak what I tell you."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. "What did the LORD say?" Balak asked.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: "Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, 'What great things God has done!'Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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Now Balak said to Balaam, "Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!"Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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But Balaam replied, "Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?"Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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"Please come," said Balak, "I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
Numbers 24
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And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to sorcery as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,Read from ESV · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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and he lifted up an oracle, saying: "This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.Read from ESV · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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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.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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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.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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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."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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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,Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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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.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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Then Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
Numbers 25
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While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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So Moses told the judges of Israel, "Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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followed the Israelite into his tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
Numbers 31
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"Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people."Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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So Moses told the people, "Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD's vengeance on them.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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Then they waged war against Midian, as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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The Israelites captured the Midianite women and their children, and they plundered all their herds, flocks, and goods.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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Then they burned all the cities where the Midianites had lived, as well as all their encampments,Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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and carried away all the plunder and spoils, both people and animals.Read from KJV · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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And Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2
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"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.Read from NASB1995 · Error of Balamm - Part 2