Numbers 23:27
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.
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
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Come, I pray thee, I take thee unto another place; it may be it is right in the eyes of God--to pierce it for me from thence.'
Then Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there.
Cross References
And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: …
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he …
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who …
Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel …
Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have …
For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.