Numbers 23:20

Hinei, I have received commandment to make brocha; 1 and He hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.

In Context

19El is not an ish, that He should lie; 1 neither a ben adam, that He should change His mind; 1 hath He said, and shall He not do it? 1 Or hath He spoken, and shall He not carry it out? 1

21He hath not beheld aven in Ya'akov, 1 neither hath He seen amal (trouble) in Yisroel. 1 Hashem Elohav is with him, 1 and the [jubilant] shout of a melech is about him. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 22:17That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy zera as the stars of the skies, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy zera shall possess the gate of his enemies;

Numbers 22:12And Elohim said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for baruch hu (it [the people] is blessed).

Numbers 22:38And Balaam said unto Balak, Hinei, I am come unto thee; have I now any power at all to say anything? The devar (word, message) which Elohim putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

Isaiah 43:13Yes, before the yom was, Ani Hu (I am He); 1 and there is none that can deliver out of My Yad; 1 I work, and who shall reverse it? 1

Romans 8:38For I am convinced that neither Histalkus nor Chayyim nor Malachim nor Rulers, neither things present nor things to come nor kochot (powers),

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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