Micah 6:5

God urges Israel to remember how He turned Balak and Balaam's curses into blessing on the journey from Shittim to Gilgal. It calls them to recognize the LORD's saving righteousness.

Cross-references · 31

• Josh 5:9–10Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So that place has been called Gilgal to this day.
• Num 25:1While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
• Judg 5:11the voices of the singers at the watering places. There they shall recount the righteous acts of the LORD, the righteous deeds of His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates:
• 2 Pet 2:15They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
• Deut 16:3You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.
• Josh 4:19On the tenth day of the first month the people went up from the Jordan and camped at Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho.
• Josh 24:9–10Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,
• Jude 1:11Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
• Deut 8:18But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.
• Ps 143:11For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness, bring my soul out of trouble.
• Deut 9:7Remember this, and never forget how you provoked the LORD your God in the wilderness. From the day you left the land of Egypt until you reached this place, you have been rebelling against the LORD.
• Rev 2:14But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.
• 1 Jn 1:9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• Num 22:1–25Then the Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab near the Jordan, across from Jericho.
• Num 22:41The next morning, Balak took Balaam and brought him up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see the outskirts of the camp of the people.
• Deut 8:2Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
• Num 31:8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
• Num 31:16“Look, these women caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to turn unfaithfully against the LORD at Peor, so that the plague struck the congregation of the LORD.
• Eph 2:11Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
• Num 23:27“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”
• Ps 71:15–16My mouth will declare Your righteousness and Your salvation all day long, though I cannot know their full measure.
• Ps 103:1–2Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.
• Deut 23:4–5For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
• 1 Sam 12:7Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
• Ps 111:4He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.
• Ps 71:19Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
• Rom 3:25–26God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
• Num 33:49And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
• Num 23:13–14Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”
• Ps 36:10Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.
• Josh 10:42–43And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.

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