Numbers 24:2 “When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spir…”

Numbers 24:2

When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.

World English Bible

Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him.

American Standard Version

And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Balaam lift vp his eyes, and looked vpon Israel, which dwelt according to their tribes, and the Spirit of God came vpon him.

Darby Translation

And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel dwelling [in tents] according to his tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

Young's Literal Translation

and Balaam lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Israel tabernacling, by its tribes, and the Spirit of God is upon him,

Bible in Basic English

And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel there, with their tents in the order of their tribes: and the spirit of God came on him.

.mt-body { max-height: none !important; -webkit-mask-image: none !important; mask-image: none !important; } .mt-bar { display: none !important; } .o-trans::after { display: block !important; }

Cross references

“abiding”

Numbers 2:2–34 Numbers 24:5 Song of Solomon 6:4 Song of Solomon 6:10 Numbers 23:9 Numbers 23:10

Numbers 2:2–34 · BSB

“The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.

Numbers 24:5 · BSB

How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!

Song of Solomon 6:4 · BSB

You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.

Song of Solomon 6:10 · BSB

Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?

Numbers 23:9 · BSB

For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

Numbers 23:10 · BSB

Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

“the spirit”

1 Samuel 19:20 2 Chronicles 15:1 1 Samuel 10:10 1 Samuel 19:23 Numbers 11:25–29 Matthew 7:22

1 Samuel 19:20 · BSB

he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.

2 Chronicles 15:1 · BSB

Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.

1 Samuel 10:10 · BSB

When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.

1 Samuel 19:23 · BSB

So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

Numbers 11:25–29 · BSB

Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so ag…

Matthew 7:22 · BSB

Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not seek omens as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.

3and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,

Read Numbers 24