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Numbers 22:38

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Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.”

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Numbers 22:38 in other translations

And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to speak anything? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

Numbers 22:38 · American Standard Version

Numbers 22:38 in context

  1. 36When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.
  2. 37Balak said to Balaam, “Didn’t I earnestly send for you to summon you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?”
  3. 38Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak.”
  4. 39Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.
  5. 40Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.