Numbers 23:27

And Balak says to Balaam, “Please come, I take you to another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God to pierce it for me from there.”

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

In Context

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

28And Balak takes Balaam to the top of Peor, which is looking on the front of the wilderness,

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Cross References

Numbers 23:13And Balak says to him, “Come! Come to another place with me, from where you see it—you see only its extremity, and you do not see all of it, and pierce it for me there”;

Job 23:13And He [is] in one [mind], || And who turns Him back? And His soul has desired—and He does [it].

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, nor understanding, || Nor counsel against YHWH.

Isaiah 46:10Declaring the latter end from the beginning, || And from of old that which has not been done, || Saying, My counsel stands, || And all My delight I do.

Romans 11:29for the gifts and the calling of God 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 →

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