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Numbers 22:11

'Look, the people who have come from Egypt cover the surface of my land. Now come and curse them for me. Perhaps I will manage to fight them and drive them out.'”

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In The King James Version

Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

In Context

10Balaam answered God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent them to me. He said,

12God replied to Balaam, “You must not go with those men. You must not curse the people of Israel because they have been blessed.”

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Cross References

Genesis 27:29May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. 1 Be master over your brothers, 1 and may your mother's sons bow down to you. 1 May every one who curses you be cursed; 1 may every one who blesses you be blessed.”

Numbers 23:11Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but look, you have blessed them.”

Joshua 24:10But I did not listen to Balaam. Indeed, he blessed you. So I rescued you out of his hand.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:2-15

Balak Sends for Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. 2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of… Read the whole commentary →

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