Numbers 22:37

And he said to Balaam: “I sent messengers to call you. Why did you not come to me immediately? Was it because I am not able to pay the cost for your arrival?”

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In The King James Version

And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?

In Context

36And when Balak had heard it, he went out to meet him in a town of the Moabites, which is situated at the furthest borders of Arnon.

38He answered him: “Behold, here I am. Am I able to speak anything other than what God will put into my mouth?”

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Cross References

Numbers 24:11Return to your place. I had decided, indeed, to honor you greatly, but the Lord has deprived you of the designated honor.”

Matthew 4:8Again, the devil took him up, onto a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory,

John 5:44How are you able to believe, you who accept glory from one another and yet do not seek the glory that is from God alone?

Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:37-41

Meeting between Balak and Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I… Read the whole commentary →

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