Números 22:12

12 Y Dios dijo a Balaam: No vayas con ellos; no maldecirás al pueblo, porque es bendito.

Números 22:12 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 22:12

And God said unto Balaam, thou shalt not go with them
Which is a denial of the first thing Balak requested, "come now, therefore" ( Numbers 22:6 )

thou shall not curse the people;
which was the principal thing desired, and in order to which he was solicited to go with the messengers; but this is absolutely forbidden:

for they are blessed;
by the Lord himself, with an irrevocable blessing, and therefore it would be vain and fruitless, as well as dangerous for him to attempt to curse them, ( Genesis 12:3 ) this may have a special respect to the blessing of Jacob by Isaac, which could not be reversed by the solicitations of Esau, and which descended to Jacob's posterity, the Israelites, ( Genesis 27:33 ) .

Números 22:12 In-Context

10 Y Balaam dijo a Dios: Balac, hijo de Zipor, rey de Moab, me ha enviado un mensaje:

11 "Mira, el pueblo que salió de Egipto cubre la faz de la tierra; ven ahora, maldícemelos; quizá yo pueda pelear contra ellos y expulsarlos."

12 Y Dios dijo a Balaam: No vayas con ellos; no maldecirás al pueblo, porque es bendito.

13 Balaam se levantó de mañana y dijo a los jefes de Balac: Volved a vuestra tierra, porque el SEÑOR ha rehusado dejarme ir con vosotros.

14 Y los jefes de Moab se levantaron y volvieron a Balac, y le dijeron: Balaam rehusó venir con nosotros.