Verse 12
Numbers 23:12
World English Bible, British Edition
12
He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which
the LORD puts in my mouth?”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֖עַן וַ/יֹּאמַ֑ר הֲ/לֹ֗א אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָשִׂ֤ים יְהוָה֙ בְּ/פִ֔/י אֹת֥/וֹ אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר לְ/דַבֵּֽר
English Translation
And he answered and said, "Should I not keep what the Lord puts in my mouth to speak?"
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Chapter 23 Context
1
Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here
seven bulls and seven rams f...
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2
Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on
every altar a bull and a ram.
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3
Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps
the LORD will come to me...
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4
God (Elohim) met Balaam, and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars,
and I have offered u...
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5
The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak,
and thus you shall speak.”
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6
He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering,
he, and all the princes of Mo...
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7
He took up his parable, and said,
“From Aram has Balak brought me,
the king of Moab from the mountai...
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8
How shall I curse whom God (Elohim) has not cursed?
How shall I defy whom the LORD has not defied?
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9
For from the top of the rocks I see him.
From the hills I see him.
Behold, it is a people that dwell...
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10
Who can count the dust of Jacob,
or count the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the rig...
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11
Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you
to curse my enemies, and behold, you hav...
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12
He answered and said, “Must I not take heed to speak that which
the LORD puts in my mouth?”
13
Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place, where
you may see them. You shall see just...
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14
He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah,
and built seven altars, and offered up a...
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15
He said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet
God (Elohim) over there.”
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16
The LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said,
“Return to Balak, and say this.”
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17
He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering,
and the princes of Moab with him....
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18
He took up his parable, and said,
“Rise up, Balak, and hear!
Listen to me, you son of Zippor.
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19
God (Elohim) is not a man, that he should lie,
nor a son of man, that he should repent.
Has he said,...
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20
Behold, I have received a command to bless.
He has blessed, and I can’t reverse it.
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21
He has not seen iniquity in Jacob.
Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel.
The LORD his God (Elo...
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22
God (Elohim) brings them out of Egypt.
He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
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23
Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob;
Neither is there any divination with Israel.
Now it shall...
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24
Behold, a people rises up as a lioness.
As a lion he lifts himself up.
He shall not lie down until h...
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25
Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all, nor bless
them at all.”
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26
But Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘All
that the LORD speaks, that I must do?’”
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27
Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another
place; perhaps it will please God (Elohi...
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28
Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the
desert.
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29
Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare
seven bulls and seven rams for me...
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30
Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram
on every altar.
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