20Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: …
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed.
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:
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-30)Here is, I. Preparation made the second time, as before, for the cursing of Israel. 1. The place is changed, Num. 23:13. Balak fancied that Balaam, having so full a prospect of the whole camp of Israel, from the top of the rocks (Num. 23:9), was either so enamoured with the beauty of it that he would not curse them or so affrighted with the terror of it that he durst not; and therefore he would br…
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