Numbers 22:18 KJV — MannaFest

Numbers 22:18

And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.

KJV

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ASV

And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.

WEB

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.

YLT

And Balaam answereth and saith unto the servants of Balak, `If Balak doth give to me the fulness of his house of silver and gold, I am not able to pass over the command of Jehovah my God, to do a little or a great thing;

DBT

And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the commandment of Jehovah myGod, to do less or more.

About this book

Old Testament

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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.

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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Cross-references

14 verses on the floor

Numbers 23:20
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Numbers 24:13
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the Lord saith, that will I speak?
1 Kings 13:8
And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place:
1 Kings 22:14
And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.
2 Chronicles 18:13
And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.

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We read of Midianites near Mount Sinai, Exod. ii, and iii, which seem to have been a colony of this people, that went out to seek new quarters, as the manner of those times was, but the body of that people were seated in those parts. Lick up - That is, consume and utterly destroy, in which sense the fire is said to lick up the water and sacrifices, 1 Kings xviii, 38.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

Nor could any man have said better: " If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, and that is more than he can give or I can ask, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God. " See how honourably he speaks of God; he is Jehovah, my God. Note, Many call God theirs that are not his, not truly because not only his; they swear by the Lord, and by Malcham.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

But even then he expressed no abhorrence of it, as Christ did when he had the kingdoms of the world offered him ( Get thee hence Satan ), and as Peter did when Simon Magus offered him money: Thy money perish with thee.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

NUM 22:181KI 22:14 NUM 24:13
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
NUM 22:181KI 22:14 NUM 22:38
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
NUM 22:18NUM 23:26 ACT 5:29
NUM 22:182CH 18:13 NUM 22:35
NUM 22:18NUM 22:38 PRO 19:21
NUM 22:18NUM 23:26 ACT 4:19-20
NUM 22:18NUM 23:26 2CH 18:13
NUM 22:181KI 22:14 JER 26:2-3

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