Números 23:8

8 ¿Cómo maldeciré a quien Dios no ha maldecido? ¿Cómo condenaré a quien el SEÑOR no ha condenado?

Números 23:8 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 23:8

How shall I curse whom God hath not cursed?
&c.] The sense is, that it was impossible for him to curse those that God did not curse himself, or would not have cursed by others; not but that he had a good will to it, to get Balak's money and honour, but he knew not how to accomplish it; yea, he saw it was in vain to attempt it, it was a thing that could not possibly be done: God does not, nor will he curse his spiritual Israel; they are blessed by him in Christ, and they shall be blessed; nor is it in the power of their enemies to curse them, or do them any harm: the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem, instead of God and the Lord in this and the following clause, use the phase,

``the Word of the Lord;''

the essential Word, the Son of God, who is so far from cursing his people, that he has delivered them from the curses of the law, being made a curse for them, that the blessings of the everlasting covenant of grace might come upon them; and they are blessed of God in him, and for his sake, with all spiritual blessings:

or how shall I defy whom the Lord hath not defied?
which is the same thing in other words, only this last word is expressive of more contempt and indignation.

Números 23:8 In-Context

6 El entonces volvió a Balac, y he aquí que estaba junto a su holocausto, él y todos los jefes de Moab.

7 Y comenzó su profecía , y dijo: Desde Aram me ha traído Balac, rey de Moab, desde los montes del oriente: "Ven, y maldíceme a Jacob; ven, y condena a Israel."

8 ¿Cómo maldeciré a quien Dios no ha maldecido? ¿Cómo condenaré a quien el SEÑOR no ha condenado?

9 Porque desde la cumbre de las peñas lo veo, y desde los montes lo observo. He aquí, es un pueblo que mora aparte, y que no será contado entre las naciones.

10 ¿Quién puede contar el polvo de Jacob, o numerar la cuarta parte de Israel? Muera yo la muerte de los rectos, y sea mi fin como el suyo.