Numbers 22:38
Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.” (RY:6, LY:4)
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39Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.
Cross References
Numbers 22:18Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] answered the servants of Balak, “If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the word of Adonai my God, to do less or more.
Numbers 23:26But Balaam [Not people, Destroyer of people] answered Balak, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘All that Adonai speaks, that I must do?’” (RY:7, LY:6)
Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man yadah ·extend hands in thankful praise· to you. 2 The survivors of your wrath are restrained. 1
Isaiah 44:25who frustrates the signs of the liars, 2 and makes diviners mad; 1 who turns wise men backward, 2 and makes their knowledge foolish; + 44:25. Quoted in 1 Cor 1:20 1
Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:37-41
Meeting between Balak and Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. 37 And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour? 38 And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I… Read the whole commentary →