Numbers 22:15-20
New King James Version
15 Then Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more [a]honorable than they. 16 And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak the son of Zippor: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me; 17 for I will certainly (A)honor you greatly, and I will do whatever you say to me. (B)Therefore please come, curse this people for me.’ ”
18 Then Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, (C)“Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, (D)I could not go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. 19 Now therefore, please, you also (E)stay here tonight, that I may know what more the Lord will say to me.”
20 (F)And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men come to call you, rise and go with them; but (G)only the word which I speak to you—that you shall do.”
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Numbers 22:15-20
21st Century King James Version
15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable 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 honor, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me. Come therefore, I pray thee, curse for me this people.’”
18 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.
19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what more the Lord will say unto me.”
20 And God came unto Balaam at night and said unto him, “If the men come to call thee, rise up and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.”
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