Joshua 24:10 Cross References - LEB

¹⁰ but I was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he richly blessed you. So I rescued you from his hand,

¹¹ 'Look! A people went out from Egypt. Look! They cover _⌊the surface of the land_⌋.* Now, go, curse them* for me. Perhaps I will be able to attack them* and drive them* out." ¹² God said to Balaam, "You will not go with them; you will not curse the people, because they* are blessed."

¹⁸ Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, "Even though Balak gives to me his house full of silver and gold, I am not able to go beyond _⌊the command of Yahweh_⌋* my God to do a little or a lot. ¹⁹ And now please, _⌊you also stay here_⌋* the night, and _⌊let me find out_⌋* again what Yahweh will say with me." ²⁰ And God came to Balaam at night, and he said to him, "If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them; but only the word that I will speak to you, you will do."

³⁵ The angel of Yahweh said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but speak only the word that I will speak to you." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

³ And Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself at your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell to you." So he went to a barren height. ⁴ And God met with Balaam, and he said to him, "I have arranged seven altars, and I have offered a bull and a ram on the altar." ⁵ Yahweh put a word in the mouth of Balaam and said, "Return to Balak, and you must speak thus." ⁶ So he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab. ⁷ And he lifted up his oracle and said,
"From Aram Balak lead me, from the mountains of the east the king of Moab, 'Go for me, curse Jacob, and go, denounce Israel.' ⁸ How can I curse whom God has not cursed, and how can I denounce whom Yahweh has not denounced? ⁹ Because from the top of the rocks I see him, from hilltops I watch him. Behold, a people who dwell alone, they do not consider themselves among the nations. ¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob, or as a number the fourth part of Israel? Let my life die the death of an upright person, and let my end be like his!" ¹¹ And Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and look, you have surely blessed them!" ¹² He answered and said, "_⌊Should I not speak_⌋* what Yahweh puts in my mouth?"

¹⁵ Balaam* said to Balak, "Station yourself here at the burnt offering while I myself meet with Yahweh there." ¹⁶ Then Yahweh met with Balaam, and he put a word in his mouth, and he said, "Return to Balak, and you must speak thus." ¹⁷ He came to him, and behold, he was standing at his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, "What has Yahweh spoken?" ¹⁸ Then _⌊he uttered_⌋* his oracle, and said,
"Stand up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, son of Zippor! ¹⁹ God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of humankind, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? And has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? ²⁰ Behold, I have received a command to bless; when he has blessed, I cannot cause it to return. ²¹ He has no regard for evil in Jacob, and he does not see trouble in Israel; Yahweh his God is with him, and a shout* of a king is among them.* ²² God, who brings them out from Egypt, is like the strength* of a wild ox for them.* ²³ Because there is no sorcery against Jacob, and there is no divination against Israel. Now* it will be said to Jacob and Israel, what God has done! ²⁴ Look! the people will rise like the lion; he raises himself and will not lie down until he eats the prey and drinks the blood of the slain." ²⁵ Then Balak said to Balaam, "Do not curse them* at all, nor bless them* at all!" ²⁶ But Balaam answered and said to Balak, "Did I not speak to you, saying, 'Whatever Yahweh speaks I will do'?"

⁵ How good are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel! ⁶ They are spread out like valleys, like gardens on a river, like aloes planted by Yahweh, like cedars at the waters. ⁷ He will pour water from his buckets, and his offspring will be like many waters; his king will be higher than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted. ⁸ God, who brings him out from Egypt, is like the strength* of a wild ox for him. He will devour the nations who are his enemies; he will break their bones; he will pierce them with his arrows. ⁹ He crouches, he lies down like a lion, and like a lioness, who will rouse him? They who bless you will be blessed, and they who curse you will be cursed." ¹⁰ Then _⌊Balak became angry with_⌋* Balaam, and he clapped his hands and said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, but look, you have surely blessed them these three times.

⁵ But Yahweh your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, and Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because Yahweh your God loved you.

¹⁷ Every weapon formed against you shall not succeed, and you shall declare guilty every tongue that rises against you for judgment. This is the inheritance of the servants of Yahweh, and their _⌊legal right_⌋* from me,"
_⌊declares_⌋* Yahweh.