New American Standard Bible 1995
Numbers 23:13-26
13Then BalakH1111 saidH559 to him, “PleaseH4994 comeH1980 with me to anotherH312 placeH4725 from whereH834H8033 you may seeH7200 them, although you will onlyH657 seeH7200 the extremeH7097 endH7097 of them and will not seeH7200 allH3605 of them; and curseH6895 them for me from thereH8033.” 14So he tookH3947 him to the fieldH7704 of ZophimH6839, to the topH7218 of PisgahH6449, and builtH1129 sevenH7651 altarsH4196 and offeredH5927 a bullH6499 and a ramH352 on each altarH4196. 15And he saidH559 to BalakH1111, “StandH3320 hereH3541 besideH5921 your burntH5930 offeringH5930 while I myselfH595 meetH7136 the Lord overH3541 thereH3541.” 16Then the LordH3068 metH7136 BalaamH1109 and 1putH7760 a wordH1697 in his mouthH6310 and saidH559, “ReturnH7725 to BalakH1111, and thusH3541 you shall speakH1696.” 17He cameH935 to him, and beholdH2009, he was standingH5324 besideH5921 his burntH5930 offeringH5930, and the leadersH8269 of MoabH4124 with him. And BalakH1111 saidH559 to him, “WhatH4100 has the LordH3068 spokenH1696?” 18Then he tookH5375 up his 2discourseH4912 and saidH559, “AriseH6965, O BalakH1111, and hearH8085; GiveH238 earH238 to me, O sonH1121 of ZipporH6834!193GodH410 is not a manH376, that He should lieH3576, NorH3808 a sonH1121 of manH120, that He should repentH5162; 4Has He saidH559, and will He not doH6213 it? Or has He spokenH1696, and will He not makeH6965 it goodH6965?20BeholdH2009, I have receivedH3947 a command to blessH1288; 5When He has blessedH1288, then 6I cannotH3808 revokeH7725 it.217He has not observedH5027 8misfortuneH205 in JacobH3290; 9NorH3808 has He seenH7200 troubleH5999 in IsraelH3478; 10The LordH3068 his GodH430 is with him, 11And the shoutH8643 of a kingH4428 is among them.2212GodH410 bringsH3318 them out of EgyptH4714, He is for them like the 13hornsH8443 of the wildH7214 oxH7214.2314For there is noH3808 omenH5173 against JacobH3290, NorH3808 is there any divinationH7081 against IsraelH3478; At the proper timeH6256 it shall be saidH559 to JacobH3290 And to IsraelH3478, whatH4100 GodH410 has doneH6466!2415BeholdH2005, a peopleH5971 risesH6965 like a lionessH3833, And as a lionH738 it liftsH5375 itself; It will not lieH7901 downH7901 untilH5704 it devoursH398 the preyH2964, And drinksH8354 the bloodH1818 of the slainH2491.”
25Then BalakH1111 saidH559 to BalaamH1109, “Do not curseH6895 them at allH6895 norH3808 blessH1288 them at allH1288!” 26But BalaamH1109 repliedH6030 to BalakH1111, “Did I not tellH1696 you, ‘1617WhateverH3605H834 the LordH3068 speaksH1696, that I must doH6213’?”
Notes
- 1. Numbers 23:16 Num 22:20 ↩
- 2. Numbers 23:18 Lit parable ↩
- 3. Numbers 23:19 1 Sam 15:29 ↩
- 4. Numbers 23:19 Is 40:8; 55:11 ↩
- 5. Numbers 23:20 Gen 12:2; 22:17; Num 22:12 ↩
- 6. Numbers 23:20 Is 43:13 ↩
- 7. Numbers 23:21 Num 14:18, 19, 34; Ps 32:2, 5 ↩
- 8. Numbers 23:21 Or iniquity ↩
- 9. Numbers 23:21 Deut 9:24; 32:5; Jer 50:20 ↩
- 10. Numbers 23:21 Ex 3:12; Deut 31:23 ↩
- 11. Numbers 23:21 Deut 33:5; Ps 89:15-18 ↩
- 12. Numbers 23:22 Num 24:8 ↩
- 13. Numbers 23:22 Deut 33:17 ↩
- 14. Numbers 23:23 Num 22:7; 24:1; Josh 13:22 ↩
- 15. Numbers 23:24 Gen 49:9; Nah 2:11, 12 ↩
- 16. Numbers 23:26 Lit saying, Whatever ↩
- 17. Numbers 23:26 Num 22:18 ↩
Commentaries on Numbers 23
- 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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