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Nevertheless Yahweh your God wouldn`t listen to Balaam; but Yahweh your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because Yahweh your God loved you.
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God's Sovereign Reversal
Commentators explain that God did not simply ignore Balaam's desire to curse Israel; He actively intervened. John Gill highlights that God sovereignly overruled Balaam's tongue, forcing him to speak blessings instead of curses. This demonstrates God's absolute power to protect His people from spiritual and verbal attack.
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Deuteronomy
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This law forbids only the naturalization of those against whom it is directed. It does not forbid their dwelling in the land and seems to refer to …
19th Century
Anglican
Because the Lord thy God loved thee. —The contrast between what He says to Israel in this book and what He said by Balaam…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Nevertheless, the Lord your God would not hearken to Balaam , &c.] To his solicitations, and the methods he took to …
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