World English Bible
Numbers 23:12
“He answered and said, "Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?”
Numbers 23:12 in the King James Version
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?Read Numbers 23:12 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — Numbers 23
Who can count the dust of Jacob, or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous! Let my last end be like his!
Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them altogether.
He answered and said, "Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?
Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place, where you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there.
He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
Cross references for Numbers 23:12
- 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.
- Numbers 23:26
But Balaam answered Balak, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?
- Numbers 24:13
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can't go beyond the word of Yahweh, to do either good or bad of my own mind. I will say what Yahweh says'?
- Proverbs 26:25
When his speech is charming, don't believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.
- Numbers 23:20
Behold, I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
- Titus 1:16
They profess that they know God, but by their works they deny him, being abominable, disobedient, and unfit for any good work.
- Numbers 22:20
God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do.
- Romans 16:18
For those who are such don't serve our Lord, Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and flattering speech, they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
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Israel’s wilderness journey, marked by rebellion, discipline, and God’s faithfulness.
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