Numbers 23:12
He answered him: Call I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
In Context
Cross References
Numbers 22:20God therefore came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: It these men be come to call thee, arise and go with them: yet so, that thou do what I shall command thee.
Numbers 23:3And Balaam said to Balac: Stand a while by thy burnt offering, until I go, to see if perhaps the Lord will meet me, and whatsoever he shall command, I will speak to thee.
Numbers 23:26And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?
Proverbs 26:25When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.
Titus 1:16They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him; being abominable, and incredulous, and to every good work reprobate.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:2-13
Balaam Constrained to Bless Israel; The Blessing Pronounced on Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. 4 And God met Balaam: and he… Read the whole commentary →