26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
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Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
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.
And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. …
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.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-30)Here is, I. Preparation made the second time, as before, for the cursing of Israel. 1. The place is changed, Num. 23:13. Balak fancied that Balaam, having so full a prospect of the whole camp of Israel, from the top of the rocks (Num. 23:9), was either so enamoured with the beauty of it that he would not curse them or so affrighted with the terror of it that he durst not; and therefore he would br…
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