Quotes from Numbers

12 notable lines from Moses · c. 550 BCE

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.

The priestly (Aaronic) blessing, Numbers 6:24-26 (KJV)

Quotations follow the King James Version translation (Oxford University Press, 1611) — our recommended edition.

  1. And be sure your sin will find you out.

    Moses to Reuben and Gad, Numbers 32:23 (KJV)

  2. What hath God wrought!

    Balaam's second oracle, Numbers 23:23 (KJV)

  3. How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

    Balaam's third oracle, Numbers 24:5 (KJV)

  4. There shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel.

    Balaam's fourth oracle, Numbers 24:17 (KJV)

  5. God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?

    Balaam's second oracle, Numbers 23:19 (KJV)

  6. And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times?

    Balaam's donkey, Numbers 22:28 (KJV)

  7. And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.

    The report of the spies, Numbers 13:33 (KJV)

  8. Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

    Balaam's first oracle, Numbers 23:10 (KJV)

  9. Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.

    Moses when the ark set forward, Numbers 10:35 (KJV)

  10. would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!

    Moses, Numbers 11:29 (KJV)

  11. How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?

    Balaam's first oracle, Numbers 23:8 (KJV)