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Numbers 23:20
Numbers 23:20 is verse 20 of Numbers chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
King James Version
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
World English Bible
Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it.
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Numbers 23:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible
18 Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
19 God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
20 I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
21 He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
22 God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Numbers 22:12But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse this people, for they are blessed.”
Genesis 12:2I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
Numbers 22:18But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
Numbers 22:38“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
John 10:27My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
John 10:28I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand.
John 10:29My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.
Romans 8:38For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor principalities, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers,
Romans 8:39neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Peter 1:5who through faith are shielded by God’s power for the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time.