Numbers 22:12

And Elohim said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for baruch hu (it [the people] is blessed).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

In Context

11Hinei, there is a people come out of Mitzrayim, which covereth the face of ha'aretz; come now, curse for me them; perhaps I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

13And Balaam rose up in the boker, and said unto the sarim of Balak, Go back to your land; for Hashem refuseth to give me permission to go with you.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:2So that I will make of thee a goy gadol (great nation), so that I will bless thee, and make thy shem great; and so thou shalt be a brocha (blessing);

Numbers 22:19Now, therefore, please, tarry ye also here this night, that I may have da'as of what more Hashem will say unto me.

Numbers 23:13And Balak said unto him, Come with me unto another place, from where thou mayest see them; thou shalt see part but not all of them, and curse them for me from there.

Numbers 23:23Surely there is no nachash (augury) in Ya'akov; 1 neither is there any kesem (divination) in Yisroel; 1 at the time it is spoken to Ya'akov and to Yisroel 1 what El doeth! 1

Deuteronomy 7:14Baruch shalt thou be more than kol ha'amim; there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

Deuteronomy 28:6Baruch atah when thou comest in, and baruch atah when thou goest out.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:2-15

Balak Sends for Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. 2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of… Read the whole commentary →

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