Numbers 23:23 (YLT)

Passage

For no enchantment <FI>is<Fi> against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought!

Nearby Context

Numbers 23:21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, Nor hath He seen perverseness in Israel; Jehovah his God <FI>is<Fi> with him, And a shout of a king <FI>is<Fi> in him.

Numbers 23:22 God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;

Numbers 23:23 For no enchantment <FI>is<Fi> against Jacob, Nor divination against Israel, At the time it is said of Jacob and Israel, What hath God wrought!

Numbers 23:24 Lo, the people as a lioness riseth, And as a lion he lifteth himself up, He lieth not down till he eateth prey, And blood of pierced ones doth drink.'

Numbers 23:25 And Balak saith unto Balaam, `Neither pierce it at all, nor bless it at all;'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "enchantment", "against", "jacob", "divination", "israel", "time", and "said". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "enchantment" and "against", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 22's "God is bringing them out from Egypt..." into verse 24's "Lo the people as a lioness riseth...", so "enchantment" and "against" 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 "enchantment" and "against" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.