Numbers 22:7
Old Testament • 13 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
מוֹאָב
Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
מִדְיָן
Midyân
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
נָסַע
nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
קֶסֶם
qeçem
a lot; also divination (including its fee), oracle
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
בִּלְעָם
Bilʻâm
Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Key Terms in This Verse
מִדְיָן Midyân
Midjan, a son of Abraham; also his country and (collectively) his descendants
Study H4080 →מוֹאָב Môwʼâb
Moab, an incestuous son of Lot; also his territory and descendants
Study H4124 →נָסַע nâçaʻ
properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e. start on ajourney
Study H5265 →דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →Cross References
The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil ca...
And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my peop...
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.
Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
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!
Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness;
Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
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