Numbers 23:27
Balak said to Balaam, "Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse me them from there."
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
26But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell you, saying, 'All that the Lord speaks, that I must do?'"
28Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.
Cross References
Numbers 23:13Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, where you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there."
Job 23:13But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?What his soul desires, even that he does.
Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understandingnor counsel against the Lord.
Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure;
Romans 11:29For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.
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 →