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Numbers 23:20

Behold, I am ordered to bless. 2 When he blesses, and I can’t reverse it. 1

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

19God is not a man, that he should lie, 2 nor the son of man, that he should change his mind. 1 Has he said, and will he not do it? 2 Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? 1

21He has not seen vain striving of iniquity in Jacob [Supplanter]. 2 Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel [God prevails]. 1 Adonai his God is with him. 2 The shout of a king is among them. 1

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Cross References

Genesis 22:17I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your offspring + 22:17. (16-17) Quoted in Heb 6:13-14 greatly like the stars of the heavens, and like the sand which is on the seashore. + 22:17. Quoted in Heb 11:12 Your offspring will possess the gate of his enemies.

Numbers 22:12God said to Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people], “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people; for they are blessed.” (RY:5, LY:2)

Numbers 22:38Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.” (RY:6, LY:4)

Isaiah 43:13Yes, since the day was I am he; 2 and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand. 2 I will work, and who can hinder it?”

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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