Numbers 22:18
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.
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Gill's Exposition
And Balaam rose up in the morning,.... Early, not waiting for the call of the princes, which showed how eager he was to be gone, and how intent upon the journey:
and saddled his ass; which, if he…
We have here a second embassy sent to Balaam, to fetch him over to curse Israel. It were well for us if we were as earnest and constant in prosecuting a good work, notwithstanding disappointments, as…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Jehovah my God It is very remarkable that the early Israelite tradition, as preserved in J, should have placed this expression in the mouth of an Ammonite (Num 22:22) soothsayer.
to do less or more to…
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