Numbers 23:23

For there is no spell against ¹  Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time ²  it must be said ³  of Jacob and of Israel, ‘Look at ⁴  what God has done!’

Ge 3:15; Nu 22:6; Nu 24:1; Ps 31:19; Ps 44:1-3; Ps 64:9; Ps 126:2,3; Ps 136:13-20; Isa 41:4; Isa 63:9-12; Da 9:15; Mic 6:4,5; Mic 7:15; Mt 12:25,27; Mt 16:18; Lu 10:18,19; Joh 11:47; Ac 4:16; Ac 5:12,14; Ac 10:38; Ac 15:12; Ro 16:20; Ga 1:23,24; 1Th 1:8,9; Re 12:9

¹ tn Or “in Jacob.” But given the context the meaning “against” is preferable. The words describe two techniques of consulting God; the first has to do with observing omens in general (“enchantments”), and the second with casting lots or arrows of the like (“divinations” [Ezek 21:26]). See N. H. Snaith, Leviticus and Numbers (NCB), 295-96.

² tn The form is the preposition “like, as” and the word for “time” – according to the time, about this time, now.

³ tn The Niphal imperfect here carries the nuance of obligation – one has to say in amazement that God has done something marvelous or “it must be said.”

⁴ tn The words “look at” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.