Numbers 22:18

And Balaam answered and said unto the avadei Balak, If Balak would give me his palace full of kesef and zahav, I cannot go beyond the Devar Hashem Elohai, to do ketanah or gedolah.

Orthodox Jewish 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 exceedingly reward thee, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me; come, therefore, please, curse for me this people.

19Now, therefore, please, tarry ye also here this night, that I may have da'as of what more Hashem will say unto me.

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Cross References

Numbers 22:8And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Hashem shall speak unto me; and the sarim of Moav abode with Balaam.

Numbers 23:26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that Hashem speaketh, that I must do?

Joshua 24:10But I would not pay heed unto Balaam; therefore he made a brocha over you; so I saved you out of his yad.

1 Kings 22:14And Mikhay'hu said, As Hashem liveth, what Hashem saith unto me, that will I speak.

Job 3:15Or as a hidden stillborn — I had not been! 1 — as olelim which never saw ohr. 1

Acts 8:20But Kefa said to him, May your kesef perish with you because the matnat Hashem you thought by kesef to acquire. + 8:20 2Kgs 5:16; Dt 5:17

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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