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Num. 23:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Surely there is no enchantment
nachash (Hebrew #5173)
an incantation or augury
KJV usage: enchantment.
Pronounce: nakh'-ash
Origin: from 5172
ζagainst Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
, neither is there any divination
qecem (Hebrew #7081)
a lot: also divination (including its fee), oracle
KJV usage: (reward of) divination, divine sentence, witchcraft.
Pronounce: keh'-sem
Origin: from 7080
against Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
: according to this time
`eth (Hebrew #6256)
time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
KJV usage: + after, (al-)ways, X certain, + continually, + evening, long, (due) season, so (long) as, (even-, evening-, noon-)tide, ((meal-)), what) time, when.
Pronounce: ayth
Origin: from 5703
it shall be said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
of Jacob
Ya`aqob (Hebrew #3290)
heel-catcher (i.e. supplanter); Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
KJV usage: Jacob.
Pronounce: yah-ak-obe'
Origin: from 6117
and of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, Whatc hath God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
wrought
pa`al (Hebrew #6466)
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
KJV usage: commit, (evil-) do(-er), make(-r), ordain, work(-er).
Pronounce: paw-al'
Origin: a primitive root
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or, in.
Matt. 12:25,27• 25But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not subsist.
 27And if *I* cast out demons by Beelzebub, your sons, by whom do they cast them out? For this reason *they* shall be your judges. (Matt. 12:25,27)
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Psa. 31:19• 19Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, before the sons of men! (Psa. 31:19)

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Divination,
Enchantments,
God,
Israel,
Jacob

Cross References

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no enchantment.
Num. 22:6• 6And now come, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are mightier than I: perhaps I may be able to smite them, and drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. (Num. 22:6)
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Num. 24:1• 1And Balaam saw that it was good in the sight of Jehovah to bless Israel, and he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. (Num. 24:1)
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Gen. 3:15• 15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel. (Gen. 3:15)
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Matt. 12:25,27• 25But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not subsist.
 27And if *I* cast out demons by Beelzebub, your sons, by whom do they cast them out? For this reason *they* shall be your judges. (Matt. 12:25,27)
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Matt. 16:18• 18And *I* also, I say unto thee that *thou* art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it. (Matt. 16:18)
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Luke 10:18‑19• 18And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning falling out of heaven.
 19Behold, I give you the power of treading upon serpents and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall in anywise injure you. (Luke 10:18‑19)
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Rom. 16:20• 20But the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. (Rom. 16:20)
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Rev. 12:9• 9And the great dragon was cast out, the ancient serpent, he who is called Devil and Satan, he who deceives the whole habitable world, he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. (Rev. 12:9)
against.
or, in.
according.
Psa. 44:1‑3• 1To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction. O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:
 2Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.
 3For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them. (Psa. 44:1‑3)
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Psa. 136:13‑20• 13To him that divided the Red sea into parts, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
 14And made Israel to pass through the midst of it, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
 15And overturned Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
 16To him that led his people through the wilderness, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
 17To him that smote great kings, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
 18And slew famous kings, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever;
 19Sihon king of the Amorites, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever,
 20And Og king of Bashan, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever; (Psa. 136:13‑20)
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Isa. 63:9‑12• 9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old.
 10But they rebelled and grieved his holy Spirit: and he turned to be their enemy; himself, he fought against them.
 11But he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people: Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? Where is he that put his holy Spirit within him,
 12his glorious arm leading them by the right hand of Moses, dividing the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name, (Isa. 63:9‑12)
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Dan. 9:15• 15--And now, O Lord our God, who broughtest thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, and hast made thee a name, as it is this day,--we have sinned, we have done wickedly. (Dan. 9:15)
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Mic. 6:4‑5• 4For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of bondage; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
 5My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him, from Shittim unto Gilgal, that ye may know the righteousness of Jehovah. (Mic. 6:4‑5)
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Mic. 7:15• 15--As in the days of thy coming forth out of the land of Egypt, will I shew them marvellous things. (Mic. 7:15)
What hath.
Psa. 31:19• 19Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee, before the sons of men! (Psa. 31:19)
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Psa. 64:9• 9And all men shall fear, and shall declare God's doing; and they shall wisely consider his work. (Psa. 64:9)
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Psa. 126:2‑3• 2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with rejoicing: then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.
 3Jehovah hath done great things for us; and we are joyful. (Psa. 126:2‑3)
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Isa. 41:4• 4Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first; and with the last, I am HE. (Isa. 41:4)
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John 11:47• 47The chief priests, therefore, and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many signs. (John 11:47)
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Acts 4:16• 16saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed an evident sign has come to pass through their means is manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. (Acts 4:16)
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Acts 5:12,14• 12And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders done among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch,
 14and believers were more than ever added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women;) (Acts 5:12,14)
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Acts 10:38• 38Jesus who was of Nazareth: how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went through all quarters doing good, and healing all that were under the power of the devil, because God was with him. (Acts 10:38)
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Acts 15:12• 12And all the multitude kept silence and listened to Barnabas and Paul relating all the signs and wonders which God had wrought among the nations by them. (Acts 15:12)
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Gal. 1:23‑24• 23only they were hearing that he who persecuted us formerly now announces the glad tidings of the faith which formerly he ravaged:
 24and they glorified God in me. (Gal. 1:23‑24)
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1 Thess. 1:8‑9• 8for the word of the Lord sounded out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place your faith which is towards God has gone abroad, so that we have no need to say anything;
 9for they themselves relate concerning us what entering in we had to you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God, (1 Thess. 1:8‑9)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel. At this timeg it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath *God wrought!

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "according to the time," i.e. at the end of the journey the through the wilderness; the Hebrew prefix to the word, meaning "according to," makes it a general principle.