Numbers 22:18
And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.
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Numbers 22:8And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Jehovah shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
Numbers 23:26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?
Joshua 24:10but I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.
1 Kings 22:14And Micaiah said, As Jehovah liveth, what Jehovah saith unto me, that will I speak.
Job 3:15Or with princes that had gold, Who filled their houses with silver:
Acts 8:20But Peter said unto him, Thy silver perish with thee, because thou hast thought to obtain the gift of God 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 →