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Numbers 22:38

Numbers 22:38
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And it came to pass on the morrow,.... The day after the arrival of Balaam at Balak's royal seat, and after the entertainment given him, and the princes, "on the morning" (y) of that day, as the word…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Numbers 22:36-41

We have here the meeting between Balak and Balaam, confederate enemies to God's Israel; but here they seem to differ in their expectations of the success. 1. Balak speaks of it with confidence, not…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Numbers 22:35-41

At this point the narrative of E, interrupted after Num 22:22, is resumed. Balak went to the border of his territory to meet Balaam. A sacrificial feast was held, and on the next day Balaam was…