Numbers 23:27
Then Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there.
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In Context
26But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says?
28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, looking down over the waste land.
Cross References
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.
Job 23:13But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.
Proverbs 21:30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
Isaiah 46:10Making clear from the first what is to come, and from past times the things which have not so far come about; saying, My purpose is fixed, and I will do all my pleasure;
Romans 11:29Because God's selection and his mercies may not be changed.
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 →