Numbers 23:26

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

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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

25Now Balak said to Balaam, “Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

27“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”

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Cross References

Numbers 22:38“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”

Numbers 23:12But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”

Numbers 24:12Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me

2 Chronicles 18:13But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”

Acts 5:29But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

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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