English Standard Version
Numbers 22:12
12God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the 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.”
- 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.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)But God told Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse these people, for they have been blessed!”
Context of Numbers 22:12
10And Balaam said to God, "Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying, 11'Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth. Now come, curse them for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.'" God said to Balaam, "You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed." 13So Balaam rose in the morning and said to the princes of Balak, "Go to your own land, for the Lord has refused to let me go with you." 14So the princes of Moab rose and went to Balak and said, "Balaam refuses 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
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Cross-references for Numbers 22:12
- Numbers 22:20And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only do what I tell you."
- Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, while they slumber on their beds,
- Matthew 27:19Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream."
- Numbers 22:19So you, too, please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me."
- Numbers 23:3And Balaam said to Balak, "Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever he shows me I will tell you." And he went to a bare height,
- Micah 6:5O my people, remember what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, and what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the Lord."
- Numbers 23:20Behold, I received a command to bless: he has blessed, and I cannot revoke it.
- Genesis 12:2And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
- Genesis 22:16and said, "By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,
- Deuteronomy 23:5But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.
- Deuteronomy 33:29Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs."
- Psalms 144:15Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall! 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 4:6just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:
- Romans 11:29For the gifts and the calling of God 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 places,
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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