Bible Strands
Numbers 24:11
Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would reward you richly, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Balak confronts Balaam after the third blessing of Israel, ordering an immediate departure because God has revoked the payment.
The words — The command בְּרַח־ (be.rach-) means "flee," directed אֶל־ מְקוֹמֶךָ ('el- me.ko.me.kha) to "to your place."
The thread — This reversal directly references Balak’s initial offer in Numbers 22:17 and his complaint in Numbers 22:37, while standing in contrast to the promised reward in Matthew 19:28.
Why it lands — The text states that a prophet’s livelihood depends on divine authorization rather than human contracts, requiring immediate obedience when God’s will overrides earthly agreements.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.
Cross-references
- Numbers 22:17 for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
- Numbers 22:37 And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to reward you richly?”
- Matthew 19:28 Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Acts 8:20 But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
- Philippians 3:8 More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
- Hebrews 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
- 1 Peter 5:2 Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;
- 2 John 1:8 Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.