Numbers 23:21

"Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it."

Key Reflection

In Numbers 23:21, Balaam declares that he cannot revoke God’s blessing because the divine command is irrevocable. This highlights the sovereignty of God in bestowing blessings and underscores that once a divine promise or act of grace is given, it cannot be undone, reflecting the unchanging nature of God's intentions and actions.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

“Iniquity” and “perverseness” are found together again in the Hebrew ofPsalms 10:7;Psalms 90:10, and elsewhere; and import wickedness together with that tribulation which is its proper result. The shout -The word is used (Leviticus 23:24note) to describe the sound of the silver trumpets. The “shout of a king” will therefore refer to the jubilant sounds by which the presence of the Lord as their King among them was celebrated by Israel.

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