Numbers 23:26

But Bil'am answered and said unto Balak, Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, all that the Lord will speak, that must I do.

Leeser Tanakh

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 unto Bil'am, Neither shalt thou denounce them, nor shalt thou any wise bless them.

27And Balak said unto Bil'am, Come, I pray thee, I will take thee unto another place, peradventure it may be pleasing in the eyes of God that thou mayest denounce them for me from there.

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Cross References

Numbers 22:38And Bil'am said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee; have I now any power whatever to speak the least? the word that God may put in my mouth, that alone must I speak.

Numbers 23:12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that only which the Lord may put in my mouth?

Numbers 24:12And Bil'am said unto Balak, Did I not already speak to thy messengers, whom thou sentest unto me, saying,

2 Chronicles 18:13And Michayhu said, As the Lord liveth, truly what my God may say, that will I speak.

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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