Numbers 22:12

And God said to Balaam, You are not to go with them, or put a curse on this people, for they have my blessing.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

In Context

11See, the people who have come out of Egypt are covering all the earth: now, put a curse on this people for me, so that I may be able to make war on them, driving them out of the land.

13In the morning Balaam got up and said to the chiefs of Balak, Go back to your land, for the Lord will not let me go with you.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:2And I will make of you a great nation, blessing you and making your name great; and you will be a blessing:

Numbers 22:19So take your rest here this night, till I have knowledge what more the Lord has to say to me.

Numbers 23:13And Balak said to him, Come with me now into another place from which you will not be able to see them all, but only the outskirts of them; and you will send curses on them from there.

Numbers 23:23No evil power has effect against Jacob, no secret arts against Israel; at the right time it will be said of Jacob and of Israel, See what God has done!

Deuteronomy 7:14You will have greater blessings than any other people: no male or female among you or among your cattle will be without offspring.

Deuteronomy 28:6A blessing will be on your coming in and on your going out.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:2-15

Balak Sends for Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. 2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of… Read the whole commentary →

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