Numbers 23:26

But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?

In Context

25Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing.

27Then Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; it may be that God will let you put a curse on them from there.

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Cross References

Numbers 22:38Then Balaam said to Balak, Now I have come to you; but have I power to say anything? Only what God puts into my mouth may I say.

Numbers 23:12And in answer he said, Am I not ordered to say only what the Lord puts into my mouth?

Numbers 24:12Then Balaam said to Balak, Did I not say to the men you sent to me,

2 Chronicles 18:13And Micaiah said, By the living Lord, whatever the Lord says to me I will say.

Acts 5:29But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:14-30

Balaam Again Blesses Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam,… Read the whole commentary →

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