Numbers 22:12

God 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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In The King James Version

And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

In Context

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.'”

13Balaam rose up in the morning and said to Balak's leaders, “Go back to your land because Yahweh refuses to allow me to go with you.”

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Cross References

Genesis 12:2I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, and you will be a blessing.

Numbers 22:19Now then, please wait here tonight too, so that I may learn anything further that Yahweh says to me.”

Numbers 23:13So Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the nearest of them, not all of them. There you will curse them for me.”

Numbers 23:23There is no sorcery that works against Jacob, 2 and no fortune-telling harms Israel. 1 Instead, it must be said about Jacob and Israel, 2 'Look what God has done!' 1

Deuteronomy 7:14You will be blessed more than all other peoples; there will not be a childless male or a barren female among you or among your cattle.

Deuteronomy 28:6Blessed will you be when you come in, and blessed will you be when you go out.

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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