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Numbers 22:12 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

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

Numbers 22:12

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10 And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying,

11 Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out.

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

13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you.

14 And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

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From This Chapter

Numbers 22:1

"And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho."

Numbers 22:2

"And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites."

Numbers 22:3

"And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel."

Numbers 22:4

"And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time."

Numbers 22:5

"He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me:"

Numbers 22:6

"Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed."

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