Numbers 22:12

Numbers 22:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
• New International Version (NIV)But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed."
• New King James Version (NKJV)And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”

Context of Numbers 22:12

10And Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent me this message: 11‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’” But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.” 13So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.” 14And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

Numbers 22:12 word by word

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־בִּלְעָ֔ם לֹ֥א תֵלֵ֖ךְ עִמָּהֶ֑ם לֹ֤א תָאֹר֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם כִּ֥י בָר֖וּךְ הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

• But Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• toאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Balaamבִּלְעָםbil‛âm · BalaamH1109
• Do notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• with themעִם‛im · withH5973
• to curseאָרַר'ârar · to curseH779
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• theyהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• are blessedבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288

Cross-references for Numbers 22:12

• Numbers 22:20That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”
• Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
• Matthew 27:19While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”
• Numbers 22:19So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”
• Numbers 23:3“Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,
• Micah 6:5My 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.’”
• Numbers 23:20I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
• Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
• Genesis 22:16saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,
• Deuteronomy 23:5Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
• Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
• Psalms 144:15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
• Psalms 146:5Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
• Romans 4:6And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
• Romans 11:29For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
• Ephesians 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.

Commentaries on Numbers 22:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people - That is, Thou shalt not go with them to curse the people. With them he might go, as we find he afterwards did by God's own command, but not to curse the people; this was wholly forbidden. Probably the command, Thou shalt not go, refers here to that time, viz., the first invitation: and in this sense it was most punctually obeyed by Balaam; see Numbers 22:13.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-18God commanded Balaam not to go with Balak's messengers.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-148-14. Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord shall speak unto me, &c.--God usually revealed His will in visions and dreams; and Balaam's birth and residence in Mesopotamia, where the remains of patriarchal religion still lingered, account for his knowledge of the true God. His real character has long been a subject of discussion. Some, judging from his language, have thought him a saint; others, looking to his conduct, have…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 22:12

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• Balaam
• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Crush
• Curse
• Lick
• Moab
• Promote
• Abel-Shittim
• Angel

Commentaries on Numbers 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings