Numbers 22:18
Balaam answered: If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot alter the word of the Lord my God, to speak either more or less.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
17For I am ready to honour thee, and will give thee whatsoever thou wilt: come and curse this people.
19I pray you to stay here this night also, that I may know what the Lord will answer me once more.
Cross References
Numbers 22:8He answered: Tarry here this night, and I will answer whatsoever the Lord shall say to me. And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him:
Numbers 23:26And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?
Joshua 24:10And I would not hear him, but on the contrary I blessed you by him, and I delivered you out of his hand.
1 Kings 22:14But Micheas said to him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.
Job 3:15Or with princes, that possess gold, and All their houses with silver:
Acts 8:20Keep thy money to thyself, to perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:16-22
Balak's Second Message to Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: 17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver… Read the whole commentary →