Numbers 19:15

19:15 And every open container that has no covering fastened on it is unclean.

Numbers 23:20

23:20 Indeed, I have received a command 1  to bless;

he has blessed, 2  and I cannot reverse it. 3 

Numbers 27:9

27:9 and if he has no daughter, then you are to give his inheritance to his brothers;

Numbers 32:18

32:18 We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has his inheritance.

Numbers 32:31

32:31 Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered, “Your servants will do what the Lord has spoken. 4 

1 tn The Hebrew text simply has “I have received [to] bless.” The infinitive is the object of the verb, telling what he received. Balaam was not actually commanded to bless, but was given the word of blessing so that he was given a divine decree that would bless Israel.

2 sn The reference is probably to the first speech, where the Lord blessed Israel. Balaam knows that there is nothing he can do to reverse what God has said.

3 tn The verb is the Hiphil of שׁוּב (shuv), meaning “to cause to return.” He cannot return God’s word to him, for it has been given, and it will be fulfilled.

4 tn Heb “that which the Lord has spoken to your servants, thus we will do.”