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Numbers 23:27 KJV
Numbers · chapter 23 · verse 27
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.Numbers 23:27 · King James Version
Numbers 23:27 in context
25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
29And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BalaamBilʻâmBilam, a Mesopotamian prophetH1109 →
- pleaseyâsharto be straight or evenH3474 →
- pleaseʻayinan eyeH5869 →
- BalakBâlâqBalak, a Moabitish kingH1111 →
- bringlâqachto takeH3947 →
- placemâqôwmproperly, a standingH4725 →
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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…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-30