Numbers 23:8

God hath not cursed, but blessed Israel, and therefore it is a vain and ridiculous attempt for me to curse them in spite of God.

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Balaam (continued) 1-10. First Utterance of Balaam.
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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 23:1 . Seven altars. The Lord commanded Job's friends to take seven bullocks and seven rams, offered no doubt on seven altars: Job 42:8 ....
The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The First Sacrifice and Prophetic Utterance.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 44:25 ; Isaiah 47:12 ; Isaiah 47:13 ; Numbers 23:20 ; Numbers 23:23

⁸ How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

Related Commentaries of Numbers 23:8

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 23:8