Christian Standard Bible
Numbers 22:12
12Then God said to Balaam, “You are not to go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
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
10Balaam replied to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, sent this message to me: 11‘Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the surface of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’” Then God said to Balaam, “You are not to 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 officials, “Go back to your land, because the Lord has refused to let me go with you.” 14The officials of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and reported, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
Read all of Numbers 22Numbers 22:12 word by word
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל־בִּלְעָ֔ם לֹ֥א תֵלֵ֖ךְ עִמָּהֶ֑ם לֹ֤א תָאֹר֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם כִּ֥י בָר֖וּךְ הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 22:12
- Numbers 22:20God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “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, a vision in the night, when deep sleep comes over people as they slumber on their beds,
- Matthew 27:19While he was sitting on the judge’s bench, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for today I’ve suffered terribly in a dream because of him.”
- Numbers 22:19Please stay here overnight as the others did, so that I may find out what else the Lord has to tell me.”
- Numbers 23:3Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone. Maybe the Lord will meet with me. I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” So he went to a barren hill.
- Micah 6:5My people, remember what King Balak of Moab proposed, what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and what happened from the Acacia Grove to Gilgal so that you may acknowledge the Lord’s righteous acts.
- Numbers 23:20I have indeed received a command to bless; since he has blessed, I cannot change it.
- Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, I will bless you, I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing.
- Genesis 22:16and said, “By myself I have sworn,” this is the Lord’s declaration: “Because you have done this thing and have not withheld your only son,
- Deuteronomy 23:5Yet the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but he turned the curse into a blessing for you because the Lord your God loves you.
- Deuteronomy 33:29How happy you are, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is the shield that protects you, the sword you boast in. Your enemies will cringe before you, and you will tread on their backs.
- Psalms 144:15Happy are the people with such blessings. Happy are the people whose God is the Lord.
- Psalms 146:5Happy is the one whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,
- Romans 4:6Likewise, David also speaks of the blessing of the person to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
- Romans 11:29since God’s gracious gifts and calling are irrevocable.
- Ephesians 1:3Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavens in Christ.
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
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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
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