Joshua 24:10 Cross References - ACV

¹⁰ but I would not hearken to Balaam. Therefore he blessed you greatly. So I delivered you out of his hand.

¹¹ Behold, the people came out of Egypt, it covers the face of the earth. Now, come curse them for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out. ¹² And God said to Balaam, Thou shall not go with them. Thou shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.

¹⁸ And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of LORD my God, to do less or more. ¹⁹ Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what LORD will speak to me more. ²⁰ And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, go with them, but only the word which I speak to thee, that shall thou do.

³⁵ And the agent of LORD said to Balaam, Go with the men, but only the word that I shall speak to thee, that thou shall speak. So Balaam went with the rulers of Balak.

³ And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps LORD will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height. ⁴ And God met Balaam, and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar. ⁵ And LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shall speak. ⁶ And he returned to him. And, lo, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the rulers of Moab. ⁷ And he took up his oracle, and said, From Aram Balak has brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me, and come, defy Israel. ⁸ How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom LORD has not defied? ⁹ For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him. Lo, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. ¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! ¹¹ And Balak said to Balaam, What have thou done to me? I took thee to curse my enemies, and, behold, thou have blessed them altogether. ¹² And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which LORD puts in my mouth?

¹⁵ And he said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet LORD yonder. ¹⁶ And LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shall thou speak. ¹⁷ And he came to him. And, lo, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the rulers of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has LORD spoken? ¹⁸ And he took up his oracle, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear. Hearken to me, thou son of Zippor. ¹⁹ God is not a man, that he should lie, neither the son of man, that he should repent. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? ²⁰ Behold, I have received to bless. And he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it. ²¹ He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness in Israel. LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. ²² God brings them forth out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox. ²³ Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob, neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God wrought! ²⁴ Behold, the people rise up as a lioness, and as a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain. ²⁵ And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. ²⁶ But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that LORD speaks, that I must do?

⁵ How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy tabernacles, O Israel! ⁶ As valleys they are spread forth, as gardens by the river-side, as aloes which LORD has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters. ⁷ Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. ⁸ God brings him forth out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox. He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, and shall break their bones in pieces, and smite them through with his arrows. ⁹ He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a lioness. Who shall rouse him up? He who blesses thee is blessed, And he who curses thee is cursed. ¹⁰ And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemies, and, behold, thou have altogether blessed them these three times.

⁵ Nevertheless LORD thy God would not hearken to Balaam, but LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing to thee, because LORD thy God loved thee.

¹⁷ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper. And every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of LORD, and their righteousness which is of me, says LORD.