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- But 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.
- And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to reward you richly?”
- “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.”
- How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?
- But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
- Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me …
- They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
- But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.