Numbers 23:25

Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

In Context

24See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

26But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says?

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Why are the nations so violently moved, and why are the thoughts of the people so foolish?

Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:14-30

Balaam Again Blesses Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam,… Read the whole commentary →

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