Numbers 23:11

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

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And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

In Context

10Who can count the dust of Jacob 2 or number even only one-fourth of Israel? 1 Let me die the death of a righteous person, 2 and let my life's end be like his!”

12Balaam answered and said, “Should I not be careful to say only what Yahweh puts in my mouth?”

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Cross References

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.'”

Numbers 23:7Then Balaam began to speak his prophecy and said, 1 “Balak has brought me from Aram, 2 the king of Moab from the eastern mountains. 1 'Come, curse Jacob for me,' he said. 2 'Come, defy Israel.' 1

Nehemiah 13:2This was because they had not come to the people of Israel with bread and with water, but they had hired Balaam to curse Israel. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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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