Numbers 23:25

And Balak says to Balaam, “Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all”;

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

24Behold, the people rises as a lioness, || And he lifts himself up as a lion; He does not lie down until he eats prey, || And drinks blood of pierced ones.”

26and Balaam answers and says to Balak, “Have I not spoken to you, saying, All that YHWH speaks—I do it?”

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Why have nations assembled tumultuously? And peoples meditate vanity?

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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