Numbers 23:25

And Balak said to Bileam, Neither cursing curse them, nor blessing bless them.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

In Context

24Behold, the people shall dwell as a lioness, And as a lion shall he lift himself up; Until he hath slain with slaughter, He will not rest in his land, And inherit the treasures of the nations.

26But Bileam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?

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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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