Numbers 24:12

Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me

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KJV

And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,

ASV

And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers that thou sentest unto me, saying,

YLT

And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Did I not also unto thy messengers whom thou hast sent unto me, speak, saying,

DBT

And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to thy messengers whom thou sentest to me, saying,

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And Balaam said unto Balak,.... In order to mitigate his wrath, and bring him into a better temper: spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me: those that came to him a second time; for to the first he said nothing of what is after related, but to the last he did much the same as he had afterwards said to Balak himself: saying,

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

Related commentary

Balak could not say that he had cheated him, since he had given him fair notice of the check he found himself under. (2.) He endeavours to atone for it,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Numbers 22:18
But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
Numbers 22:38
“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
Numbers 23:26
But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”

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PersonWildernessBalakKing of Moab who hired Balaam against the camp on his border and got four blessings and a prophecy of his own destroyer for his fe…

About this book

The Bronze Serpent — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date: The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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Numbers 22:18
But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command…
leads to
- Numbers 23:26
  But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 24:13
  that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the…
- 2 Chronicles 18:13
  But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
- 1 Kings 22:14
  But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
- Numbers 22:38
  “See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
Through
Numbers 22:38
“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
leads to
- Proverbs 19:21
  Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
- Numbers 22:18
  But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command…
- Numbers 23:16
  And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”

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