Numbers 23:20

I was led here to bless, and I have no strength to hinder the blessing.

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In The King James Version

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

In Context

19God is not like a man, so that he would lie, nor is he like a son of man, so that he would be changed. Therefore, having spoken, will he not act? Has he ever spoken, and not fulfilled?

21There is no idol in Jacob; neither is there a false image to be seen in Israel. The Lord his God is with him, and the resound of royal victory is in him.

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Cross References

Genesis 22:17I will bless you, and I will multiply your offspring like the stars of heaven, and like the sand which is on the seashore. Your offspring will possess the gates of their enemies.

Numbers 22:12And God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them, and do not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

Numbers 22:38He answered him: “Behold, here I am. Am I able to speak anything other than what God will put into my mouth?”

Isaiah 43:13And from the beginning, I am the same. And there is no one who can rescue from my hand. I act, and who can turn it aside?

Romans 8:38For I am certain that neither death, nor life, nor Angels, nor Principalities, nor Powers, nor the present things, nor the future things, nor strength,

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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