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Numbers 24:13 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" ‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the LORD’s word, to do either good or bad from my own mind. I will say what the LORD says’? "

Numbers 24:13

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11 Therefore, flee to your place, now! I thought to promote you to great honor; but, behold, the LORD has kept you back from honor.”

12 Balaam said to Balak, “Didn’t I also tell your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,

13 ‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the LORD’s word, to do either good or bad from my own mind. I will say what the LORD says’?

14 Now, behold, I go to my people. Come, I will inform you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.”

15 He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;

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Numbers 22:18

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"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 the LORD my God, to do less or more."

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Numbers 23:5

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"The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”"

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Micah 6:5

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"My people, remember now what Balak king of Moab devised, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous acts of the LORD.”"

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Joshua 24:10

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"but I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still. So I delivered you out of his hand."

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1 Kings 13:8

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"The man of God said to the king, “Even if you gave me half of your house, I would not go in with you, neither would I eat bread nor drink water in this place;"

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Genesis 31:24

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"God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream of the night, and said to him, “Be careful that you don’t speak to Jacob either good or bad.”"

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From This Chapter

Numbers 24:1

"When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he didn’t go, as at the other times, to use divination, but he set his face toward the wilderness."

Numbers 24:2

"Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him."

Numbers 24:3

"He took up his parable, and said, “Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eyes are open says;"

Numbers 24:4

"he says, who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, and having his eyes open:"

Numbers 24:5

"How goodly are your tents, Jacob, and your dwellings, Israel!"

Numbers 24:6

"As valleys they are spread out, as gardens by the riverside, as aloes which the LORD has planted, as cedar trees beside the waters."

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