Numbers 22:29 KJV — MannaFest

Numbers 22:29

And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.

KJV

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ASV

And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had killed thee.

WEB

Balaam answered the donkey, “You have made a fool of me! If I had a sword in my hand, I would kill you right now!”

YLT

and Balaam saith to the ass, `Because thou hast rolled thyself against me; oh that there were a sword in my hand, for now I had slain thee;'

DBT

And Balaam said to the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now would I kill thee!

About this book

Old Testament

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Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Author: Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date: The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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6 verses on the floor

Proverbs 12:10
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Proverbs 12:16
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
Matthew 15:19
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Genesis 30:34
And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word.
Ecclesiastes 9:3
This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

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Matthew 2:16

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Such was the madness of this false prophet. Here bishop Hall observes, It is ill falling into the hands of those whom the brute-creatures find unmerciful; for a good man regardeth the life of his beast. [2.] The ass reasoned with him,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Balaam said - Balaam was not much terrified with the ass's speaking, because perhaps he was accustomed to converse with evil spirits, who appeared to him and discoursed with him in the shape of such creatures. Perhaps he was so blinded by passion, that he did not consider the strangeness of the thing.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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H386322× in canon H86034× in canon H110961× in canon H3426140× in canon H2026167× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

NUM 22:29MAT 15:19 JER 17:9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
NUM 22:29MAT 15:19 MRK 7:21-23
NUM 22:29MAT 15:19 GAL 5:19-21
NUM 22:29PRO 12:10 DEU 25:4
NUM 22:29PRO 12:16 PRO 29:11
NUM 22:29MAT 15:19 JAS 1:13-15
NUM 22:29MAT 15:19 TIT 3:2-6
NUM 22:29PRO 12:16 JAS 1:19

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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