Verse 12
Numbers 23:12
Noah Webster Bible
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And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put 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
And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
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And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
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And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering, and I will go: it may be the LORD will come t...
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4
And God (Elohim) met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered up...
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And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
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6
And he returned to him and lo, he stood by his burnt-sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
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7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the m...
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8
How shall I curse, whom God (Elohim) hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not de...
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9
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell...
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10
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death o...
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11
And Balak said to Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse my enemies, and behold, th...
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12
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
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And Balak said to him, Come, I pray thee, with me to another place, from whence thou mayest see them...
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14
And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offer...
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15
And he said to Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
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16
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak, and say thus.
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And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. A...
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18
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise, Balak, and hear; hearken to me, thou son of Zippor:
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God (Elohim) is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath h...
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20
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
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21
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel; the LORD his God...
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22
God (Elohim) brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn.
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23
Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: accord...
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24
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not...
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25
And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
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But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Did I not tell thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that...
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27
And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee to another place; perhaps it will ple...
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28
And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, that looketh towards Jeshimon.
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And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven r...
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30
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
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