Numbers 23:27 (DBY)

Passage

And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence.

Nearby Context

Numbers 23:25 And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

Numbers 23:26 And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah shall speak, that will I do?

Numbers 23:27 And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence.

Numbers 23:28 And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, which looks over the surface of the waste.

Numbers 23:29 And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "balak", "said", "balaam", "come", "pray", "thee", and "bring". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "balak" and "said", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "And Balaam answered and said to Balak..." into verse 28's "And Balak brought Balaam to the top...", so "balak" and "said" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "balak" and "said" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.