12And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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 speak.
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)Here is, I. Great preparation made for the cursing of Israel. That which was aimed at was to engage the God of Israel to forsake them, and either to be on Moab’s side or to stand neuter. O the sottishness of superstition, to imagine that God will be at men’s beck! Balaam and Balak think to bribe him with altars and sacrifices, offered without any warrant or institution of his: as if he would eat t…
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