Numbers 23:20
I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
Numbers 22:12But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
Numbers 22:38“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
Isaiah 43:13Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
Romans 8:38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
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 →