Numbers 22:20
And God came to Balaam by night, and said to him, If these men are come to call thee, rise and follow them; nevertheless the word which I shall speak to thee, it shalt thou do.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
19And now do ye also tarry here this night, and I shall know what the Lord will yet say to me.
21And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
Cross References
Numbers 23:5And God put a word into the mouth of Balaam, and said, Thou shalt return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
Numbers 23:16And God met Balaam, and put a word into his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shalt thou speak.
Numbers 24:13If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to transgress the word of the Lord to make it good or bad by myself; whatsoever things God shall say, them will I speak.
1 Samuel 12:12And ye saw that Nahash king of the children of Ammon came against you, and ye said, Nay, none but a king shall reign over us; whereas the Lord our God is our king.
Isaiah 37:29And thy wrath wherewith thou hast been enraged, and thy rancor has come up to me; therefore I will put a hook in thy nose, and a bit in thy lips, and will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
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 →