Numbers 23:27

“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”

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KJV

And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

ASV

And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.

YLT

And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God--to pierce it for me from thence.'

DBT

And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight ofGod that thou curse me them from thence.

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And Balak said unto Balaam, come, I pray thee,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Related commentary

Since by repeated trials they had carried that point, they hope in like manner to carry this. Thus because sinners are borne with, and sentence against their evil works is not executed speedily, their hearts are the more fully set in them to do evil.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Thus he covers his malice against Israel with a show of devotion, but his sacrifice was an abomination, being brought with such a wicked mind, Prov. xxi. That which he aimed at was not to honour God with the sacrifices of righteousness, but to enrich himself with the wages of unrighteousness. How very obsequious Balak was.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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How the Hebraic tradition has read this verse — and Marcus Brown’s own reading of it.

Cross-references

11 linked verses

The verses this one reaches11

Romans 11:29
For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
Job 23:13
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
Numbers 23:13
Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”
Numbers 23:19–20
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Isaiah 14:27
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Isaiah 46:10–11
I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’
Proverbs 19:21
Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
Micah 6:5
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
Malachi 3:6
“Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
Leviticus 1:3
If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.

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Around this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

PersonWildernessBalakKing of Moab who hired Balaam against the camp on his border and got four blessings and a prophecy of his own destroyer for his fe…

The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date: The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 11:29
For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
leads to
- Hebrews 7:21
  but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
- Numbers 23:19
  God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Malachi 3:6
  “Because I, the LORD, do not change, you descendants of Jacob have not been destroyed.
- Romans 8:28
  And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
Through
Isaiah 14:27
The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
leads to
- Isaiah 43:13
  Even from eternity I am He, and none can deliver out of My hand. When I act, who can reverse it?”
- Job 23:13
  But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
- 2 Chronicles 20:6
  and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in…
Through
Job 23:13
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
leads to
- Psalms 115:3
  Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.

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