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Numbers 23:27 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 27. 27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
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Quick Meaning
Numbers 23:27 within “The Third Oracle Blesses Tents and Foresees Victory,” advances the oracle through this image, blessing, curse reversal, or commission; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray you, I will bring you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from thence.
At Peor, Balaam stops seeking enchantments
This verse is one part of that explanation in Numbers 23:27–24:9. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Numbers 23:27–24:9
Read Numbers 23:27 with 23:27–24:9. It within “The Third Oracle Blesses Tents and Foresees Victory,” advances the oracle through this image, blessing, curse reversal, or commission; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray you, I will bring you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from thence. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: At Peor, Balaam abandons enchantment, sees Israel by tribes, receives the Spirit, and praises tents, gardens, water, seed, royal exaltation, exodus strength, defeated enemies, lionlike rest, and reciprocal blessing and curse, provoking Balak's anger.
What Remains True
Because Numbers 23:27 within “The Third Oracle Blesses Tents and Foresees Victory,” advances the oracle through this image, blessing, curse reversal, or commission; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray you, I will bring you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from thence, its proportionate enduring truth is this: Money, status, political demand, and religious reputation do not control truth; outsiders may perceive what insiders miss, and claimed revelation still requires textual and ethical testing. This unit also keeps the following boundary explicit: The oracle does not authorize conquest, nationalism, ethnic superiority, prosperity promises, or claims that criticism of a modern government brings divine curse.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Numbers 23:27–24:9 — The Third Oracle Blesses Tents and Foresees VictorySources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Numbers 23:27–24:9, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Numbers
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, release 2.2, 2021
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, numbers, speeches, poems, legal clauses, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Num.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 23:27–24:9
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Numbers with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, source files dated 2026-08-08
Supports: Unit-bounded translation, syntax, lexical, ritual, legal, number, name, poetic, and selected textual notes; silence is not evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Numbers PDF, complete 134-page PDF, translation and translator notes attached to 23:27–24:9
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