Numbers 23:25

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them or bless them at all.”

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

In Context

24Look, the people rise like a lioness, 2 as a lion emerges and attacks. 1 He does not lie down until he eats his victim 2 and drinks the blood of what he has killed.”

26But Balaam answered and said to Balak, “Did I not tell you that I must say all that Yahweh tells me to say?”

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in turmoil, 1 and why do the peoples make plots that will fail? 1

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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