Numbers 23:26

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“But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?””

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BSBPD

“But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and Balaam answereth and saith unto Balak, `Have I not spoken unto thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh--it I do?'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Numbers 23:26 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 22:18But Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything small or great to go beyond the command of the LORD my God.
  2. Numbers 22:38“See, I have come to you,” Balaam replied, “but can I say just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.”
  3. Numbers 23:3“Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,
  4. Numbers 23:12But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
  5. Numbers 23:17So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.
  6. Numbers 24:12Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me
  7. 1 Kings 22:14But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever the LORD tells me.”
  8. 2 Chronicles 18:13But Micaiah said, “As surely as the LORD lives, I will speak whatever my God tells me.”
  9. Acts 4:19But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
  10. Acts 5:29But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.

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