Joshua 24:10

⁸ Later, I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan. They fought against you, but I delivered them into your hand, that you should possess their land when I destroyed them before you.

⁹ Then Balak son of Zippor, the king of Moab, set out to fight against Israel. He sent for Balaam son of Beor to curse you,

but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.

¹¹ After this, you crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The people of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I delivered them into your hand.

¹² I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.
KJV: But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
WEB: but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand.
ASV: but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
DARBY: but I would not hearken unto Balaam, and he blessed you expressly, and I delivered you out of his hand.
BLB: And I was not willing to listen to Balaam, and he blessed you⁺ again and again. And I delivered you⁺ out of his hand.

ÅB: Men jeg ville ikke høre på Bileam, og han måtte velsigne dere, og jeg frelste dere av hans hånd.
OTB: Men jeg ville ikke høre på Bileam, så han velsignet dere gjentatte ganger, og jeg reddet dere fra hans hånd.
B1930: Men jeg vilde ikke høre på Bileam, og han måtte velsigne eder, og jeg frelste eder av hans hånd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 23:5
Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
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Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
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Numbers 24:5–10
How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
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Numbers 22:35
But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
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Numbers 22:11–12
‘Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the face of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. Perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.’”
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Numbers 23:3–12
“Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,
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Numbers 23:15–26
Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”
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Numbers 22:18–20
But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
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