Numbers 22:18

But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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 the LORD my God, to do less or more.

In Context

17for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”

19So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”

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Cross References

Numbers 22:8“Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

Numbers 23:26But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”

Joshua 24:10but I would not listen to Balaam. So he blessed you again and again, and I delivered you from his hand.

1 Kings 22:14But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”

Job 3:15or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

Acts 8:20But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy 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 →

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