Numbers 23:25

Then Balak said to Balaam, “If you can't give them any curses then at least don't give them any blessings!”

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In The King James Version

And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

In Context

24Look! The Israelites go out hunting like a lioness; they chase like a lion. They don't rest until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of their dead victim.”

26But Balaam replied, “Didn't I explain to you that I have to do whatever the Lord tells me?”

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Why are the nations plotting rebellion? The peoples devise schemes, but they're pointless.

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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