12 God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for (A)they are blessed.”

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12 But God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them. You must not put a curse on those people, because they are blessed.(A)

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Spiritual Blessings in Christ

(A)Blessed be (B)the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing (C)in the heavenly places,

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Praise for Spiritual Blessings in Christ

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,(A) who has blessed us in the heavenly realms(B) with every spiritual blessing in Christ.

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But the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam; instead the Lord your God turned (A)the curse into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loved you.

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However, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam but turned the curse(A) into a blessing for you, because the Lord your God loves(B) you.

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29 For the gifts and (A)the calling of God are irrevocable.

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29 for God’s gifts and his call(A) are irrevocable.(B)

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(A)And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

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19 (A)God is not man, that he should lie,
    or a son of man, that he should change his mind.
Has he said, and will he not do it?
    Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it?
20 Behold, I received a command to bless:
    (B)he has blessed, and (C)I cannot revoke it.

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19 God is not human,(A) that he should lie,(B)
    not a human being, that he should change his mind.(C)
Does he speak and then not act?
    Does he promise(D) and not fulfill?
20 I have received a command to bless;(E)
    he has blessed,(F) and I cannot change it.(G)

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19 So you, too, (A)please stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me.” 20 (B)And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; (C)but only do what I tell you.”

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19 Now spend the night here so that I can find out what else the Lord will tell me.(A)

20 That night God came to Balaam(B) and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, go with them, but do only what I tell you.”(C)

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16 and said, (A)“By myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, 17 I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring (B)as the stars of heaven and (C)as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess (D)the gate of his[a] enemies, 18 and (E)in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, (F)because you have obeyed my voice.”

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  1. Genesis 22:17 Or their

16 and said, “I swear by myself,(A) declares the Lord, that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,(B) 17 I will surely bless you(C) and make your descendants(D) as numerous as the stars in the sky(E) and as the sand on the seashore.(F) Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies,(G) 18 and through your offspring[a] all nations on earth will be blessed,[b](H) because you have obeyed me.”(I)

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  1. Genesis 22:18 Or seed
  2. Genesis 22:18 Or and all nations on earth will use the name of your offspring in blessings (see 48:20)

just as David also speaks of the blessing of the one to whom God counts righteousness apart from works:

(A)“Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
    and whose sins are covered;

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David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

“Blessed are those
    whose transgressions are forgiven,
    whose sins are covered.

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19 Besides, while he was sitting on (A)the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him, “Have nothing to do with (B)that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today (C)in a dream.”

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19 While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat,(A) his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent(B) man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream(C) because of him.”

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O my people, remember (A)what Balak king of Moab devised,
    and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
and what happened from (B)Shittim to Gilgal,
    that you may know (C)the righteous acts of the Lord.”

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My people, remember
    what Balak(A) king of Moab plotted
    and what Balaam son of Beor answered.
Remember your journey from Shittim(B) to Gilgal,(C)
    that you may know the righteous acts(D) of the Lord.”

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(A)Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose (B)hope is in the Lord his God,

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Blessed are those(A) whose help(B) is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the Lord their God.

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15 (A)Blessed are the people to whom such blessings fall!
    (B)Blessed are the people whose God is the Lord!

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15 Blessed is the people(A) of whom this is true;
    blessed is the people whose God is the Lord.

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