Numbers 23:27

27 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be agreeable with God that you curse them for me from there."

Numbers 23:27 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 23:27

And Balak said unto Balaam, come, I pray thee
Come along with me: I will bring thee unto another place: if not better for the view of the people, yet a more religious place, on which account the king hoped for success:

peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from
thence;
it may be God will give thee leave to curse the people from that place, being devoted to sacred service: this is the first time that Balak makes mention of the name of God; and he now seems to be satisfied that it was not Balaam's fault that he did not curse Israel, but that he was hindered by God, who would not suffer him to do it.

Numbers 23:27 In-Context

25 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Do not curse them at all nor bless them at all!"

26 But Balaam replied to Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'Whatever the LORD speaks, that I must do '?"

27 Then Balak said to Balaam, "Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be agreeable with God that you curse them for me from there."

28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the wasteland.

29 Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here."

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "right in the sight of God"