Numbers 23:20
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Context
This verse from Numbers Chapter 23 connects to 10 cross-references. Balaam offers sacrifices from three locations and speaks oracles, but each time God replaces the expected curse with a blessing over Israel. The first oracle proclaims Israel's separateness and multiplicity; the second declares God does not change purposes and that …
Other Translations
Behold, I have receivedcommandmentto bless: And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
Lo, to bless I have received: Yea, He blesseth, and I <FI>can<Fi> not reverse it.
See, I have had orders to give blessing: and he has given a blessing which I have no power to take away.
Cross References
And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say …
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver …
And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are …
Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I …
Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the …
And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and …
My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of …
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:
Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which …