Numbers 22:17-18

Balak Summons Balaam

17 s for I will surely do you great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. t Come, curse this people for me.'" 18 But Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, u "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, v I could not go beyond the command of the Lord my God to do less or more.

  1. Cross References
    Numbers 22:37
    And Balak said to Balaam, "Did I not send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?
    Numbers 24:11
    Therefore now flee to your own place. I said, 'I will certainly honor you,' but the Lord has held you back from honor.
  2. Cross References
    Numbers 22:11
    'Behold, a people has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth. Now come, curse them for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out.'"
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 24:13
    If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will. What the Lord speaks, that will I speak'?
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 22:38
    Balaam said to Balak, "Behold, I have come to you! Have I now any power of my own to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that must I speak.
    Numbers 23:26
    But Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'All that the Lord says, that I must do'?
    1 Kings 22:14
    But Micaiah said, "As the Lord lives, what the Lord says to me, that I will speak.
    2 Chronicles 18:13
    But Micaiah said, "As the Lord lives, what my God says, that I will speak.
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