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Numbers 22:12

And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.

KJV

Dixitque Deus ad Balaam : Noli ire cum eis, neque maledicas populo : quia benedictus est.

Vulgate

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ θεὸς πρὸς Βαλαάμ Οὐ πορεύσῃ μετ’ αὐτῶν οὐδὲ καταράσῃ τὸν λαόν· ἔστιν γὰρ εὐλογημένος.

LXX

And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.

ASV

וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶל בִּלְעָ֔ם לֹ֥א תֵלֵ֖ךְ עִמָּ/הֶ֑ם לֹ֤א תָאֹר֙ אֶת הָ/עָ֔ם כִּ֥י בָר֖וּךְ הֽוּא

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָר֣וּר
'rvr
verb · 63×
בִּלְעָ֔ם
bl'm
proper_noun · 61×
בָּר֥וּךְ
brvk
verb · 324×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
י
y
noun · 1849×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עִם
'm
preposition · 1043×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

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Cross-references

  • Deut 1:11 — (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!)
  • Deut 23:5 — Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
  • Deut 33:29 — Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou
  • Eph 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
  • Gen 12:2 — And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
  • Gen 22:16 — And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
  • Job 33:15 — In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
  • Matt 27:19 — When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
  • Mic 6:5 — O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.
  • Num 22:19 — Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.
  • Num 23:3 — And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
  • Num 23:8 — How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
  • Num 23:13 — And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from
  • Num 23:19 — God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
  • Num 23:20 — Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
  • Num 23:23 — Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
  • Ps 109:28 — Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
  • Ps 144:15 — Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD.
  • Ps 146:5 — Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God:
  • Rom 4:6 — Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
  • Rom 11:29 — For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.