Numbers 22:20
And it was lailah when Elohim came unto Balaam, and said unto him, Since the men come to summon thee, rise up and go with them; but only the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
21And Balaam rose up in the boker, and saddled his donkey, and went with the sarim (princes) of Moav.
Cross References
Numbers 23:5And Hashem put a word in Balaamʼs mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
Numbers 23:16And Hashem met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
Numbers 24:13If Balak would give me his bais full of kesef and zahav, I cannot go beyond the commandment of Hashem, to do either tovah or ra'ah of mine own lev; but what Hashem saith, that will I say!
1 Samuel 12:12And when ye saw that Nachash Melech Bnei Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, No; but a Melech shall reign over us: when Hashem Eloheichem was your Melech.
Psalms 78:30They were not estranged from their ta'avah. 1 But while their food was yet in their mouths, 1
Isaiah 37:29Because thy rage against Me, 1 and thy insolence, is come up into Mine ears, 1 therefore will I put My hook in thy nose, 1 and My bit in thy sfatayim (lips), 1 and I will turn thee back 1 by the derech 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 →