Numbers 23:27
“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
26But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”
28And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.
Cross References
Numbers 23:13Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”
Job 23:13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Romans 11:29For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
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 →