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• ZipporPeople

  Zippor is an Old Testament figure named only as the father of Balak, king of Moab. He appears in the text solely in the phrase "Balak the son of Zippor," and nothing is recorded about his own life or deeds.

• Numbers 22Bible

  Numbers 22 is the chapter in which Balak, king of Moab, summons Balaam the son of Beor to curse Israel. It contains the account of the angel of the LORD who blocks Balaam's way and of the speaking donkey.

• BalaamPeople

  Balaam was a prophet from Mesopotamia who was hired by Balak, king of Moab, to curse Israel but instead blessed it. He is widely known for the story of the talking donkey.

• Numbers 23Bible

  Numbers 23 is the chapter in which Balaam, summoned by Balak king of Moab to curse Israel, instead pronounces oracles of blessing on Israel after two rounds of sacrifices.

• Numbers 24Bible

  In Numbers 24, Balaam blesses Israel a third time despite the demands of Balak, king of Moab. He then sings of the "Star out of Jacob," pronounces the fates of the surrounding nations, and departs.

• Field of ZophimBible

  The field of Zophim is a field at the top of Pisgah mentioned in Numbers 23. It was the second place to which Balak, king of Moab, brought Balaam to curse Israel, and there, too, Balaam pronounced a blessing instead of a curse.

• Numbers 25Bible

  Numbers 25 records how Israel, while at Shittim, committed whoredom with the women of Moab and worshiped Baal-peor, bringing a plague upon the people. Phinehas stopped the plague and received the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, and God commanded Israel to strike Midian.

• MoabBible

  Moab is the name of a people who lived on the plateau east of the Dead Sea and of the land they inhabited. The Bible presents the Moabites as descendants of Lot, and Ruth, the central figure of the Book of Ruth, was a Moabite woman.

• Plains of MoabBible

  The plains of Moab were Israel's final encampment before entering Canaan, after the nation had passed through the wilderness following the Exodus. They lie in the valley east of the Jordan River, opposite Jericho.

• PisgahBible

  Pisgah was a mountain or ridge in the land of Moab, east of the Jordan River and opposite Jericho. From its summit Moses viewed the Promised Land of Canaan before his death.

• Mount PisgahBible

  Mount Pisgah is a mountain or ridge in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, northeast of the Dead Sea. It is known as the place from whose summit Moses viewed the Promised Land of Canaan before his death.

• Micah 6:6-8Bible Verses

  Micah 6:6-8 asks what a person should bring when coming before God and answers that, rather than sacrifices, God requires justice, mercy, and a humble walk with him. The passage is frequently cited in discussions of worship and daily life, and of faith and social responsibility.

• BarakPeople

  Barak was an Israelite military leader in the period of the judges who, at the summons of the prophetess Deborah, defeated Sisera, the commander of the army of the Canaanite king Jabin. He appears in Judges 4–5 and is named among the people of faith in Hebrews 11.

• Merodach-baladanPeople

  Merodach-baladan was a king of Babylon who sent envoys and a present to Judah after hearing that Hezekiah had recovered from his illness. He appears in 2 Kings 20 and Isaiah 39.

• BarachelPeople

  Barachel is a Buzite mentioned only by name in the Book of Job. He is the father of Elihu, who comes forward to speak after the debate between Job and his three friends.

• Song of DeborahBible

  The Song of Deborah is a victory song recorded in Judges 5. Deborah, a prophetess and judge, sang it to God together with Barak after they defeated the army of the Canaanite commander Sisera.

• AbinoamPeople

  Abinoam is a figure in the Book of Judges, the father of Barak, the Israelite military leader who, together with Deborah, defeated the Canaanite army.

• Judges 5Bible

  Judges 5 is a poem celebrating the victory of Deborah and Barak over Sisera, commander of the Canaanite army. It contrasts the tribes that joined the battle with those that stayed away, praises Jael, and closes by noting that the land had rest for forty years.

• ShechemBible

  Shechem was an ancient Canaanite city in the hill country of Ephraim, situated between Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. In Scripture it appears as a major setting for covenant and political events from the patriarchal period through the division of the kingdom.