12 Then Balaam answered Balak, Told I not also thy messengers, which thou sentest unto me, saying,

13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot pass the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad of mine own mind? what the Lord shall command, that same will I speak.

14 And now behold, I go unto my people: come, I will [a][b]advertise thee what this people shall do to thy folk in the latter days.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:14 Hebrew, counsel.
  2. Numbers 24:14 He gave also wicked counsel to cause the Israelites to sin, that thereby God might forsake them, Num. 31:16.

12 Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell the messengers you sent me,(A) 13 ‘Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the Lord(B)—and I must say only what the Lord says’?(C) 14 Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you of what this people will do to your people in days to come.”(D)

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