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Num 22:12 — And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they [are] blessed.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Balaam, Thou shalt		Num 22:20; Job 33:15-17; Mat 27:19
thou shalt not curse		Num 22:19; Num 23:3,13-15,19,23; Mic 6:5
for they		Num 23:20; Gen 12:2; Gen 22:16-18; Deu 23:5; Deu 33:29; Psa 144:15; Psa 146:5; Rom 4:6,7; Rom 11:29; Eph 1:3

Correlating Passages

Balaam, Thou shalt

	Num 22:20	And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, [and] go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
	Job 33:15	In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
	Job 33:16	Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
	Job 33:17	That he may withdraw man [from his] purpose, and hide pride from man.
	Mat 27:19	When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.

thou shalt not curse

	Num 22:19	Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.
	Num 23:3	And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
	Num 23:13	And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
	Num 23:14	And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on [every] altar.
	Num 23:15	And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet [the LORD] yonder.
	Num 23:19	God [is] not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do [it]? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
	Num 23:23	Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
	Mic 6:5	O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD.

for they

	Num 23:20	Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
	Gen 12:2	And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing:
	Gen 22:16	And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only [son]:
	Gen 22:17	That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which [is] upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;
	Gen 22:18	And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.
	Deu 23:5	Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee.
	Deu 33:29	Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
	Psa 144:15	Happy [is that] people, that is in such a case: [yea], happy [is that] people, whose God [is] the LORD.
	Psa 146:5	Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God:
	Rom 4:6	Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works,
	Rom 4:7	[Saying], Blessed [are] they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
	Rom 11:29	For the gifts and calling of God [are] without repentance.
	Eph 1:3	Blessed [be] the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly [places] in Christ:

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Scott, Thomas. "Numbers 22:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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