Numbers 23:8

How shall I curse, 1 whom El hath not cursed? 1 Or how shall I denounce, 1 whom Hashem hath not denounced? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

In Context

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

9For from the top of the rocks I see him, 1 and from the heights I behold him; see, 1 the people shall live apart, 1 and shall not be reckoned among the Goyim. 1

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Cross References

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 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

Isaiah 44:25That annuls the otot of the baddim (liars, false prophets), 1 and maketh kosemim (diviners, soothsayers) into madmen; 1 that turneth back chachamim, 1 and maketh their da'as (knowledge, science) foolishness; 1

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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