THEOSISCyrill of Alexandria
He instructed that an altar be constructed and bulls be offered as sacrifices upon it, believing that God's authority might not extend to every location. Interpretation of Micah 6
Numbers 23:27Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Balac said to him: Come and I will bring thee to another place; if peradventure it please God that thou mayest curse them from thence.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר בָּלָק֙ אֶל־בִּלְעָ֔ם לְכָה־נָּא֙ אֶקָּ֣חֲךָ֔ אֶל־מָק֖וֹם אַחֵ֑ר אוּלַ֤י יִישַׁר֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וְקַבֹּ֥תוֹ לִ֖י מִשָּֽׁם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Rom 11:29For the gifts and the calling of God are without repentance.
- Prov 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.
- Isa 46:10Who shew from the beginning the things that shall be at last, and from ancient times the things that as yet are not done, saying: My counsel shall stand, and all my will shall be done:
- Isa 46:11Who call a bird from the east, and from a far country the man of my own will, and I have spoken, and will bring it to pass: I have created, and I will do it. Hear me, O ye hardhearted, who are far from justice.
- Num 23:13Balac therefore said: Come with me to another place from whence thou mayest see part of Israel, and canst not see them all: curse them from thence.
- Prov 19:21There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.
- Job 23:13For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever his soul hath desired, that hath he done.
- Isa 14:27For the Lord of hosts hath decreed, and who can disannul it? and his hand is stretched out: and who shall turn it away?