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Nombres 22:12

Listen to Nombres 22:12
12 Et Dieu dit à Balaam: Tu n'iras point avec eux, tu ne maudiras point ce peuple, car il est béni.

Nombres 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 ) .

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Nombres 22:12 In-Context

10 Et Balaam répondit à Dieu: Balak, fils de Tsippor, roi de Moab, a envoyé vers moi, pour me dire:
11 Voici un peuple est sorti d'Égypte, et il couvre la face de la terre; viens maintenant, maudis-le-moi; peut-être que je pourrai le combattre, et que je le chasserai.
12 Et Dieu dit à Balaam: Tu n'iras point avec eux, tu ne maudiras point ce peuple, car il est béni.
13 Et Balaam se leva au matin, et dit aux seigneurs envoyés par Balak: Retournez en votre pays; car l'Éternel a refusé de me laisser aller avec vous.
14 Les seigneurs de Moab se levèrent donc, et revinrent auprès de Balak, et dirent: Balaam a refusé de venir avec nous.
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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