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Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether.
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God's Will Overrules Human Schemes
Commentators emphasize that this moment showcases God's absolute sovereignty. A wicked king, Balak, hired a corrupt prophet, Balaam, to curse Israel. Yet, God's will prevailed so completely that a powerful blessing was pronounced instead. As one scholar notes, a confession of God's overruling power was "extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince."
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19th Century
Anglican
Thou hast blessed them altogether.— Hebrew, You have blessed, to bless: an emphatic mode of stating that Balaam …
16th Century
Protestant
And Balak said to Balaam. The proud man again reproaches the false prophet, as if he had fairly purchased from him the right of prophecy.<…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Balak said to Balaam, what have you done to me ? &c.] Or "for me" F6 ; nothing at all, to answer his …
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Presbyterian
Balak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A …
