Numbers 24:12 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 24:12

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

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
בִּלְעָ֖ם	bil.'Am	Balaam	H1109 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בָּלָ֑ק	ba.Lak	Balak	H1111 →
הֲלֹ֗א	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
גַּ֧ם	gam	also	H1571 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מַלְאָכֶ֛יךָ	mal.'a.Khei.kha	messengers your	H4397 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	whom	H834 →
שָׁלַ֥חְתָּ	sha.Lach.ta	you sent	H7971 →
אֵלַ֖י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי	di.Bar.ti	did I speak	H1696 →
לֵאמֹֽר׃	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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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