Numbers 23:3

“And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.”

"And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place." - Numbers 23:3
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What does Numbers 23:3 mean?

Numbers 23:3 in the King James Version of the Bible states, "And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place." This verse is part of a…

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Meeting God on the High Places

In the book of Numbers, we encounter the story of Balaam, a prophet summoned by Balak, the king of Moab, to curse the Israelites. The verse Numbers 23:3 captures a pivotal moment where Balaam, amidst this great tension and expectation, commands Balak to stand by his burnt…

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A Prayer for Divine Encounter and Revelation

Heavenly Father, We come before You in humility and reverence, acknowledging Your sovereignty over all creation. As we delve deeply into the truths revealed in Your Word, particularly in Numbers 23:3, we reflect on the moments of divine encounter and communication. We gather in…

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Numbers 23:3 - "And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place."
Numbers 3:23 - "The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward."
"The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward." - Numbers 3:23
Numbers 23:30
Numbers 23:1-13
Numbers 8:23 - "¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 16:23 - "¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
Numbers 33:23 - "And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher."
Balaam bless Israel twice in numbers 23
Numbers 23:23 - "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!"
Numbers 10:23 - "And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur."
Numbers 23:28 - "And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon."
Numbers 2:23 - "And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred."
Numbers 34:23 - "The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod."
Numbers 1:23 - "Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred."
Numbers 26:23 - "¶ Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:"
Numbers 23:30 - "And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar."
Numbers 23:22 - "God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn."
Numbers 3:41
"It is of the LORD’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness." - Lamentations 3:22-23
Numbers 28:23 - "Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering."
Numbers 20:23 - "And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying,"
Genesis 23-3
Numbers 23:25 - "¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all."
Numbers 23:2 - "And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram."
Numbers 5:23 - "And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water:"
Numbers 29:23 - "¶ And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish:"
Numbers 23:20 - "Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it."
"¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying," - Numbers 16:23