Numbers 22:12

Translations

Modern

But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”

Traditional

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

Literal

And God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for it is blessed.”

Latin

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

Original

Hebrew

English

But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”

Notes

Numbers 22:9–18

God commanded Balaam not to go with Balak's messengers.

Numbers 22:2–24:25

The story of Balak and Balaam marks an important turning point in Israel’s history. It includes humor, drama, and deep teaching about God.

The story makes one main point clear. The Lord’s will must be carried out. No one could stop his plan for Israel.

Theme notes and profiles

Balaam Moab and Ammon

Related verses

Deuteronomy 23:5
Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
Romans 11:29
For God’s gifts and His call are irrevocable.
Genesis 12:2
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Numbers 23:19–20
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Deuteronomy 33:29
Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.”
Romans 4:6–7
And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
Psalm 146:5
Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God,
Numbers 23:23
For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’
Numbers 22:19–20
So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”
Micah 6:5
My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
Genesis 22:16–18
…saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

People

Balaam: A prophet hired to curse Israel but blessed them instead

Glossary

Ammon, Ammonites Balaam Balak Curse, Cursed Deuteronomy, Book of False Prophets Jannes and Jambres Moab, Moabites Moses Numbers, Book of Prophets, False Shittim (Place) Zippor

Topics

God: Grace of God: Preserver in the Wilderness God: Providence of, Overruling Interpositions of The Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Return to the Plains of Moab: Balaam not Permitted to Curse Israel

Numbers 22:12

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