opened: Numbers 24:4 *marg. Numbers 24:16; Genesis 21:19; 2 Kings 6:17-20; 1 Chronicles 21:16; Luke 24:16, Luke 24:31; Acts 26:18
bowed down: Exodus 34:8; Psalms 9:20; John 18:6
fell flat on his face: or, bowed himself
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Numbers 22:31
Numbers 22:31
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