Numbers 23:20
Indeed, I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
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Referenced Verses
- Gen 22:17 : 17 I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.
- Num 22:12 : 12 But God said to Balaam,“You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
- Gen 12:2 : 2 Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing.
- Num 22:18 : 18 Balaam replied to the servants of Balak,“Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment of the LORD my God to do less or more.
- Isa 43:13 : 13 From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?”
- John 10:27-29 : 27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand.
- Rom 8:38-39 : 38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
- 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by God’s power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
- Num 22:38 : 38 Balaam said to Balak,“Look, I have come to you. Now, am I able to speak just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Num 23:7-93 verses77%
7 Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying,“Balak, the king of Moab, brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying,‘Come, pronounce a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.’
8 How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the LORD has not denounced?
9 For from the top of the rocks I see them; from the hills I watch them. Indeed, a nation that lives alone, and it will not be reckoned among the nations.
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19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen?
- Num 23:11-133 verses74%
11 Balaam Relocates Then Balak said to Balaam,“What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but on the contrary you have only blessed them!”
12 Balaam replied,“Must I not be careful to speak what the LORD has put in my mouth?”
13 Balak said to him,“Please come with me to another place from which you can observe them. You will see only a part of them, but you will not see all of them. Curse them for me from there.”
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12 But God said to Balaam,“You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
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21 He has not looked on iniquity in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; his acclamation as king is among them.
- Num 23:25-262 verses73%
25 Balaam Relocates Yet Again Balak said to Balaam,“Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
26 But Balaam replied to Balak,“Did I not tell you,‘All that the LORD speaks, I must do’?”
- Num 22:17-182 verses71%
17 For I will honor you greatly, and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.’”
18 Balaam replied to the servants of Balak,“Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment of the LORD my God to do less or more.
- Deut 11:26-272 verses71%
26 Anticipation of a Blessing and Cursing Ceremony Take note– I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:
27 the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today,
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14 saying,“Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.”
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3 I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, so that all the families of the earth may receive blessing through you.”
- Num 24:9-135 verses71%
9 They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!’”
10 Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam,“I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times!
11 So now, go back where you came from! I said that I would greatly honor you, but now the LORD has stood in the way of your honor.”
12 Balaam said to Balak,“Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me,
13 ‘If Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD to do either good or evil of my own will, but whatever the LORD tells me I must speak’?
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6 So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed.”
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5 But the LORD your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the LORD your God loves you.
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23 For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel,‘Look at what God has done!’
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10 I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.
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8 The LORD will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do– yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you.
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20 So he blessed them that day, saying,“By you will Israel bless, saying,‘May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.’”So he put Ephraim before Manasseh.
- Num 6:23-242 verses69%
23 “Tell Aaron and his sons,‘This is the way you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them:
24 “The LORD bless you and protect you;
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22 Surely those favored by the LORD will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out.
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38 Balaam said to Balak,“Look, I have come to you. Now, am I able to speak just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
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17 He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise,
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2 for they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them.(Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.)
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1 Introduction to the Blessing of Moses This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
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4 He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.
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18 After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth may receive blessing through him.
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29 I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night,‘Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.’
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56 “The LORD is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled!
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33 The owner must not examine the animals to distinguish between good and bad, and he must not exchange it. If, however, he does exchange it, both the original animal and its substitute will be holy. It must not be redeemed.’”
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3 Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.
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10 He said,“See, I am going to make a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the LORD, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you.
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1 Balaam Prophesies Yet Again When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at the other times to seek for omens, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
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50 Then Laban and Bethuel replied,“This is the LORD’s doing. Our wishes are of no concern.
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20 By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
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29 May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
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2 If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses– indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart.
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17 I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies.