Verse 10

But I would{H14}{(H8804)} not hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto Balaam{H1109}; therefore he blessed{H1288}{(H8762)} you still{H1288}{(H8800)}: so I delivered{H5337}{(H8686)} you out of his hand{H3027}.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 22:11-12 : 11 Behold, there is a people{H5971} come out{H3318}{(H8802)} of Egypt{H4714}, which covereth{H3680}{(H8762)} the face{H5869} of the earth{H776}: come{H3212}{(H8798)} now, curse{H6895}{(H8798)} me them; peradventure I shall be able{H3201}{(H8799)} to overcome{H3898}{(H8736)} them, and drive them out{H1644}{(H8765)}. 12 And God{H430} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Balaam{H1109}, Thou shalt not go{H3212}{(H8799)} with them; thou shalt not curse{H779}{(H8799)} the people{H5971}: for they are blessed{H1288}{(H8803)}.
  • Num 22:18-20 : 18 And Balaam{H1109} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto the servants{H5650} of Balak{H1111}, If Balak{H1111} would give{H5414}{(H8799)} me his house{H1004} full{H4393} of silver{H3701} and gold{H2091}, I cannot{H3201}{(H8799)} go beyond{H5674}{(H8800)} the word{H6310} of the LORD{H3068} my God{H430}, to do{H6213}{(H8800)} less{H6996} or more{H1419}. 19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry{H3427}{(H8798)} ye also here this night{H3915}, that I may know{H3045}{(H8799)} what the LORD{H3068} will say{H1696}{(H8763)} unto me more{H3254}{(H8686)}. 20 And God{H430} came{H935}{(H8799)} unto Balaam{H1109} at night{H3915}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, If the men{H582} come{H935}{(H8804)} to call{H7121}{(H8800)} thee, rise up{H6965}{(H8798)}, and go{H3212}{(H8798)} with them; but yet{H389} the word{H1697} which I shall say{H1696}{(H8762)} unto thee, that shalt thou do{H6213}{(H8799)}.
  • Num 22:35 : 35 And the angel{H4397} of the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Balaam{H1109}, Go{H3212}{(H8798)} with the men{H582}: but only{H657} the word{H1697} that I shall speak{H1696}{(H8762)} unto thee, that thou shalt speak{H1696}{(H8762)}. So Balaam{H1109} went{H3212}{(H8799)} with the princes{H8269} of Balak{H1111}.
  • Num 23:3-9 : 3 And Balaam{H1109} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Balak{H1111}, Stand{H3320}{(H8690)} by thy burnt offering{H5930}, and I will go{H3212}{(H8799)}: peradventure the LORD{H3068} will come{H7136}{(H8735)} to meet{H7125}{(H8800)} me: and whatsoever{H1697} he sheweth{H7200}{(H8686)} me I will tell{H5046}{(H8689)} thee. And he went{H3212}{(H8799)} to an high place{H8205}. 4 And God{H430} met{H7136}{(H8735)} Balaam{H1109}: and he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, I have prepared{H6186}{(H8804)} seven{H7651} altars{H4196}, and I have offered{H5927}{(H8686)} upon every altar{H4196} a bullock{H6499} and a ram{H352}. 5 And the LORD{H3068} put{H7760}{(H8799)} a word{H1697} in Balaam's{H1109} mouth{H6310}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Return{H7725}{(H8798)} unto Balak{H1111}, and thus thou shalt speak{H1696}{(H8762)}. 6 And he returned{H7725}{(H8799)} unto him, and, lo, he stood{H5324}{(H8737)} by his burnt sacrifice{H5930}, he, and all the princes{H8269} of Moab{H4124}. 7 And he took up{H5375}{(H8799)} his parable{H4912}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Balak{H1111} the king{H4428} of Moab{H4124} hath brought{H5148}{(H8686)} me from Aram{H758}, out of the mountains{H2042} of the east{H6924}, saying, Come{H3212}{(H8798)}, curse{H779}{(H8798)} me Jacob{H3290}, and come{H3212}{(H8798)}, defy{H2194}{(H8798)} Israel{H3478}. 8 How{H4100} shall I curse{H5344}{(H8799)}, whom God{H410} hath not cursed{H6895}{(H8804)}? or how shall I defy{H2194}{(H8799)}, whom the LORD{H3068} hath not defied{H2194}{(H8804)}? 9 For from the top{H7218} of the rocks{H6697} I see{H7200}{(H8799)} him, and from the hills{H1389} I behold{H7789}{(H8799)} him: lo, the people{H5971} shall dwell{H7931}{(H8799)} alone{H910}, and shall not be reckoned{H2803}{(H8691)} among the nations{H1471}. 10 Who can count{H4487}{(H8804)} the dust{H6083} of Jacob{H3290}, and the number{H4557} of the fourth{H7255} part of Israel{H3478}? Let me die{H4191}{(H8799)}{H5315} the death{H4194} of the righteous{H3477}, and let my last{H319} end be like his! 11 And Balak{H1111} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Balaam{H1109}, What hast thou done{H6213}{(H8804)} unto me? I took{H3947}{(H8804)} thee to curse{H6895}{(H8800)} mine enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and, behold, thou hast blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} them altogether{H1288}{(H8763)}. 12 And he answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Must I not take heed{H8104}{(H8799)} to speak{H1696}{(H8763)} that which the LORD{H3068} hath put{H7760}{(H8799)} in my mouth{H6310}?
  • Num 23:15-26 : 15 And he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Balak{H1111}, Stand{H3320}{(H8690)} here{H3541} by thy burnt offering{H5930}, while I meet{H7136}{(H8735)} the LORD yonder{H3541}. 16 And the LORD{H3068} met{H7136}{(H8735)} Balaam{H1109}, and put{H7760}{(H8799)} a word{H1697} in his mouth{H6310}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Go again{H7725}{(H8798)} unto Balak{H1111}, and say{H1696}{(H8762)} thus. 17 And when he came{H935}{(H8799)} to him, behold, he stood{H5324}{(H8737)} by his burnt offering{H5930}, and the princes{H8269} of Moab{H4124} with him. And Balak{H1111} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, What hath the LORD{H3068} spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}? 18 And he took up{H5375}{(H8799)} his parable{H4912}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Rise up{H6965}{(H8798)}, Balak{H1111}, and hear{H8085}{(H8798)}; hearken{H238}{(H8685)} unto me, thou son{H1121} of Zippor{H6834}: 19 God{H410} is not a man{H376}, that he should lie{H3576}{(H8762)}; neither the son{H1121} of man{H120}, that he should repent{H5162}{(H8691)}: hath he said{H559}{(H8804)}, and shall he not do{H6213}{(H8799)} it? or hath he spoken{H1696}{(H8765)}, and shall he not make it good{H6965}{(H8686)}? 20 Behold, I have received{H3947}{(H8804)} commandment to bless{H1288}{(H8763)}: and he hath blessed{H1288}{(H8765)}; and I cannot reverse{H7725}{(H8686)} it. 21 He hath not beheld{H5027}{(H8689)} iniquity{H205} in Jacob{H3290}, neither hath he seen{H7200}{(H8804)} perverseness{H5999} in Israel{H3478}: the LORD{H3068} his God{H430} is with him, and the shout{H8643} of a king{H4428} is among them. 22 God{H410} brought them out{H3318}{(H8688)} of Egypt{H4714}; he hath as it were the strength{H8443} of an unicorn{H7214}. 23 Surely there is no enchantment{H5173} against Jacob{H3290}, neither is there any divination{H7081} against Israel{H3478}: according to this time{H6256} it shall be said{H559}{(H8735)} of Jacob{H3290} and of Israel{H3478}, What hath God{H410} wrought{H6466}{(H8804)}! 24 Behold, the people{H5971} shall rise up{H6965}{(H8799)} as a great lion{H3833}, and lift up{H5375}{(H8691)} himself as a young lion{H738}: he shall not lie down{H7901}{(H8799)} until he eat{H398}{(H8799)} of the prey{H2964}, and drink{H8354}{(H8799)} the blood{H1818} of the slain{H2491}. 25 And Balak{H1111} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Balaam{H1109}, Neither curse{H5344}{(H8799)} them at all{H6895}{(H8800)}, nor bless{H1288}{(H8762)} them at all{H1288}{(H8763)}. 26 But Balaam{H1109} answered{H6030}{(H8799)} and said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Balak{H1111}, Told{H1696}{(H8765)} not I thee, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, All that the LORD{H3068} speaketh{H1696}{(H8762)}, that I must do{H6213}{(H8799)}?
  • Num 24:5-9 : 5 How goodly{H2895}{(H8804)} are thy tents{H168}, O Jacob{H3290}, and thy tabernacles{H4908}, O Israel{H3478}! 6 As the valleys{H5158} are they spread forth{H5186}{(H8738)}, as gardens{H1593} by the river's side{H5104}, as the trees of lign aloes{H174} which the LORD{H3068} hath planted{H5193}{(H8804)}, and as cedar trees{H730} beside the waters{H4325}. 7 He shall pour{H5140} the water{H4325} out{H5140}{(H8799)} of his buckets{H1805}, and his seed{H2233} shall be in many{H7227} waters{H4325}, and his king{H4428} shall be higher{H7311}{(H8799)} than Agag{H90}, and his kingdom{H4438} shall be exalted{H5375}{(H8691)}. 8 God{H410} brought him forth{H3318}{(H8688)} out of Egypt{H4714}; he hath as it were the strength{H8443} of an unicorn{H7214}: he shall eat up{H398}{(H8799)} the nations{H1471} his enemies{H6862}, and shall break{H1633}{(H8762)} their bones{H6106}, and pierce{H4272}{(H8799)} them through with his arrows{H2671}. 9 He couched{H3766}{(H8804)}, he lay down{H7901}{(H8804)} as a lion{H738}, and as a great lion{H3833}: who shall stir him up{H6965}{(H8686)}? Blessed{H1288}{(H8803)} is he that blesseth{H1288}{(H8764)} thee, and cursed{H779}{(H8803)} is he that curseth{H779}{(H8802)} thee. 10 And Balak's{H1111} anger{H639} was kindled{H2734}{(H8799)} against Balaam{H1109}, and he smote{H5606} his hands{H3709} together{H5606}{(H8799)}: and Balak{H1111} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto Balaam{H1109}, I called{H7121}{(H8804)} thee to curse{H6895}{(H8800)} mine enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and, behold, thou hast altogether{H1288}{(H8763)} blessed{H1288}{(H8765)} them these three{H7969} times{H6471}.
  • Deut 23:5 : 5 Nevertheless the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} would{H14}{(H8804)} not hearken{H8085}{(H8800)} unto Balaam{H1109}; but the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} turned{H2015}{(H8799)} the curse{H7045} into a blessing{H1293} unto thee, because the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} loved{H157}{(H8804)} thee.
  • Isa 54:17 : 17 No weapon{H3627} that is formed{H3335}{(H8714)} against thee shall prosper{H6743}{(H8799)}; and every tongue{H3956} that shall rise{H6965}{(H8799)} against thee in judgment{H4941} thou shalt condemn{H7561}{(H8686)}. This is the heritage{H5159} of the servants{H5650} of the LORD{H3068}, and their righteousness{H6666} is of me, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}.