Numbers 22:17
For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
Context
This verse from Numbers Chapter 22 connects to 10 cross-references. Balak king of Moab, alarmed by Israel's victories, sends for the prophet Balaam to curse Israel; God tells Balaam not to curse them as they are blessed. Balaam travels with Balak's officials despite God's prohibition; his donkey sees the angel …
Other Translations
for I will promote thee unto very great honor, and whatsoever thou sayest unto me I will do: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.
for very greatly I honour thee, and all that thou sayest unto me I do; and come, I pray thee, pierce for me this people.'
For I will give you a place of very great honour, and whatever you say to me I will do; so come, in answer to my prayer, and put a curse on this people.
Cross References
Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall …
And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto …
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to …
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath …
Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to …
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things …
And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had …