Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And the ancients of Moab, and the elders of Madian, went with the price of divination in their hands. And where they were come to Balaam, and had told him all the words of Balac: rewards of divination 1 Samuel 9:7,8 And Saul said to his servant: Behold we will go: but what shall we carry to the man of God? the bread is spent in our bags: and we have no present to make to the man of God, nor any thing at all. . . . Isaiah 56:11 And most impudent dogs, they never had enough: the shepherds themselves knew no understanding: all have turned aside into their own way, every one after his own gain, from the first even to the last. Ezekiel 13:19 And they violated me among my people, for a handful of barley, and a piece of bread, to kill souls which should not die, and to save souls alive which should not live, telling lies to my people that believe lies. Micah 3:11 You that build up Sion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. Romans 16:18 For they that are such serve not Christ our Lord but their own belly: and by pleasing speeches and good words seduce the hearts of the innocent. 1 Timothy 6:9,10 For they that will become rich fall into temptation and into the snare of the devil and into many unprofitable and hurtful desires, which drown men into destruction and perdition. . . . Titus 1:11 Who must be reproved, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. 2 Peter 2:15 Leaving the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor who loved the wages of iniquity, Jude 1:11 Woe unto them! For they have gone in the way of Cain: and after the error of Balaam they have for reward poured out themselves and have perished in the contradiction of Core. Context Balak Summons Balaam…6Come therefore, and curse this people, because it is mightier than I: if by any means I may beat them and drive them out of my land: for I know that he whom thou shalt bless is blessed, and he whom thou shalt curse is cursed. 7And the ancients of Moab, and the elders of Madian, went with the price of divination in their hands. And where they were come to Balaam, and had told him all the words of Balac:8He answered: Tarry here this night and I will answer whatsoever the Lord shall say to me. And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him:… Cross References 2 Peter 2:15 Leaving the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam of Bosor who loved the wages of iniquity, Numbers 22:8 He answered: Tarry here this night and I will answer whatsoever the Lord shall say to me. And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him: Numbers 23:23 There is no soothsaying in Jacob, nor divination in Israel. In their times it shall be told to Jacob and to Israel what God hath wrought. Numbers 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord that he should bless Israel, he went not as he had gone before, to seek divination: but setting his face towards the desert, Joshua 13:22 Balaam also the son of Beor the soothsayer, the children of Israel slew with the sword among the rest that were slain. Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon stood in the highway, at the head of two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows: he inquired of the idols, and consulted entrails. Lexicon The eldersזִקְנֵ֤י (ziq·nê) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 2205: Old of Moab מוֹאָב֙ (mō·w·’āḇ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 4124: Moab -- a son of Lot,also his descendants and the territory where they settled and Midian מִדְיָ֔ן (miḏ·yān) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4080: Midian -- a son of Abraham and Keturah, also his descendants and the region where they settled departed וַיֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ (way·yê·lə·ḵū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk with the fees for divination וּקְסָמִ֖ים (ū·qə·sā·mîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 7081: A lot, divination, oracle in hand. בְּיָדָ֑ם (bə·yā·ḏām) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand They came וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to Balaam בִּלְעָ֔ם (bil·‘ām) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1109: Balaam -- a prophet and relayed וַיְדַבְּר֥וּ (way·ḏab·bə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue to him אֵלָ֖יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to the words דִּבְרֵ֥י (diḇ·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause of Balak. בָלָֽק׃ (ḇā·lāq) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1111: Balak -- 'devastator', a Moabite king Additional Translations 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.And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. And the elders of Moab went, and the elders of Madiam, and their divining instruments were in their hands; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balac. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed, having the rewards of divination in their hand. And they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian go, and divinations in their hand, and they come in unto Balaam, and speak unto him the words of Balak, Jump to Previous Balaam Balak Balak's Departed Divination Divinations Elders Hand Hands Message Midian Mid'ian Moab Orders Prophet Repeated Responsible Rewards WordsJump to Next Balaam Balak Balak's Departed Divination Divinations Elders Hand Hands Message Midian Mid'ian Moab Orders Prophet Repeated Responsible Rewards WordsExternal Links Numbers 22:7 NIVNumbers 22:7 NLT Numbers 22:7 ESV Numbers 22:7 NASB Numbers 22:7 ASV Numbers 22:7 Bible Apps Numbers 22:7 Biblia Paralela Numbers 22:7 Chinese Bible Numbers 22:7 French Bible Numbers 22:7 German Bible Alphabetical: and Balaam Balak Balak's came departed divination elders fee fees for had hand him in left Midian Moab of repeated said So taking The their them they to told what When with words OT Law: Numbers 22:7 The elders of Moab and the elders (Nu Num.) 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