Numbers 23:26

And Balaam responded, and said unto Balak,—Spake I not unto thee, saying, All that Yahweh shall speak, that, must I do?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

25Then said Balak unto Balaam, Thou shalt neither revile, him,—nor bless him.

27And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee! let me take thee unto another place,—peradventure, it may be right in the eyes of God, that thou revile me him. from thence.

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Cross References

Numbers 22:38And Balaam said unto Balak—Lo! I am come unto thee, Now, can, I, possibly, promise anything? The word that God shall put in my mouth, that, must I speak.

Numbers 23:12And he answered and said,—Was it not to be so that whatsoever Yahweh should put into my mouth, the same, should I take heed to speak?

Numbers 24:12And Balaam said unto Balak,—Was it not so that even unto thy messengers whom thou didst send unto me, I spake saying-

2 Chronicles 18:13Then said Micaiah,—By the life of Yahweh, whatsoever my God shall say, that, must I speak.

Acts 5:29But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said—It is needful to be yielding obedience unto God rather than unto 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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