Balaam said to Balak, “Didn’t I also tell your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,
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Balaam said to Balak, “Didn’t I also tell your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,
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And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
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And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Spoke I not also to thy messengers that thou didst send unto me, saying:
Cross-references (2)
Passages linked to Numbers 24:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Numbers 22:18 Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
- Numbers 22:38 Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.”
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Balaam said unto Balak,.... In order to mitigate…
And Balaam said unto Balak,.... In order to mitigate his wrath, and bring him into a better temper:
spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me: those that came to him a second time; for to the first he said nothing of what is after related, but to the last he did much the same as he had afterwards said to Balak himself: saying,
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Spake I not — Balaam shows that his…
12. Spake I not — Balaam shows that his conduct has been consistent from the beginning of his relations to Balak by quoting his response to the second embassy. See Num_22:18, note.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Spake I not also. This was altogether true. Balaam…
Spake I not also. This was altogether true. Balaam had enough of the true prophet about him not only to act with strict fidelity, as far as the letter of the command went, but also to behave with great dignity towards Balak.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Even if Balak gave me his palace full of…
Even if Balak gave me his palace full of silver and gold
Balaam is describing something that would never happen. This statement emphasizes that there is nothing that would make Balaam disobey God. (See: Hypothetical Situations)
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Did I not say this to them?
Balaam uses a question to remind Balak about what he said earlier. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. "AT: I said this to them." (See: Rhetorical Question)
this people
"the Israelites"
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messenger
send
palace
silver
gold
word of God
Yahweh
people of God
people group
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