Numbers 23:27
And Balak said to him: “Come and I will lead you to another place. If perhaps it may please God, then you may curse them from there.”
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In Context
26And he said, “Have I not told you that whatever God would command of me, I would do?”
28And when he had led him on to the top of mount Peor, which looks out toward the wilderness,
Cross References
Numbers 23:13Therefore, Balak said: “Come with me to another place, from where you may see a portion of Israel, though you cannot see them all. Curse them from there.”
Job 23:13For he is alone, and no one is able to disturb his intention; and whatever his spirit wills, that he accomplishes.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel, which is against the Lord.
Isaiah 46:10From the beginning, I announce the last things, and from the start, the things that have not yet been done, saying: My plan will stand firm, and my entire will shall be done.
Romans 11:29For the gifts and the call of God are without regret.
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 →