Numbers 23:26

And Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Jehovah shall speak, that will I do?

Darby Translation

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

25And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.

27And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence.

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Cross References

Numbers 22:38And Balaam said to Balak, Lo, I am come to thee; but shall I now be able at all to say anything? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.

Numbers 23:12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth?

Numbers 24:12And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to thy messengers whom thou sentest to me, saying,

2 Chronicles 18:13And Micah said, As Jehovah liveth, even what my God shall say, that will I declare.

Acts 5:29But Peter answering, and the apostles, said, God must be obeyed rather than men.

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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