Numbers 23:11

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I brought thee to curse mine enemies, and, hinei, thou hast altogether put a brocha on them.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

In Context

10Who can count the dust of Ya'akov, 1 and the number of the fourth part of Yisroel? 1 Let my nefesh die the death of the yesharim (righteous ones), 1 and let my latter end be like his!

12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Hashem hath put in my mouth?

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Cross References

Numbers 22:11Hinei, 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.

Numbers 23:7And he took up his mashal, and said, 1 Balak Melech Moav hath brought me from Aram (Syria), 1 out of the mountains of the east, saying, 1 Come, curse for me Ya'akov, 1 and come, denounce Yisroel. 1

Nehemiah 13:2Because they met not the Bnei Yisroel with lechem and with mayim, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them; howbeit Eloheinu turned the kelalah into a brocha.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:2-13

Balaam Constrained to Bless Israel; The Blessing Pronounced on Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. 4 And God met Balaam: and he… Read the whole commentary →

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