12 And 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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Redemption in Christ

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

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

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

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(A)I will make you a great nation;
(B)I will bless you
And make your name great;
(C)And you shall be a blessing.

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19 “God(A) is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He (B)said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received a command to bless;
(C)He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.

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19 Now therefore, please, you also (A)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 come to call you, rise and go with them; but (C)only the word which I speak to you—that you shall do.”

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16 and said: (A)“By Myself I have sworn, says the Lord, because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son 17 blessing I will (B)bless you, and multiplying I will multiply your descendants (C)as the stars of the heaven (D)and as the sand which is on the seashore; and (E)your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. 18 (F)In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, (G)because you have obeyed My voice.”

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just as David also (A)describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes righteousness apart from works:

“Blessed(B) are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven,
And whose sins are covered;

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19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.”

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O My people, remember now
What (A)Balak king of Moab counseled,
And what Balaam the son of Beor answered him,
From [a]Acacia Grove to Gilgal,
That you may know (B)the righteousness of the Lord.”

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 6:5 Heb. Shittim, Num. 25:1; Josh. 2:1; 3:1

(A)Happy is he who has the God of Jacob for his help,
Whose hope is in the Lord his God,

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15 (A)Happy are the people who are in such a state;
Happy are the people whose God is the Lord!

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