Numbers 22:20

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.

If the men

2 Thessalonians 2:9

But yet

Hosea 13:11

General references

Numbers 22:8

Joshua 24:10

Bible References

If the men

and they said to him, “Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations.”

When you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, ‘No, but a king shall reign over us,’ although the Lord your God was your king.

“So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart,
To walk in their own devices.

And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,

that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and

signs and false wonders,

But yet

But the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you shall speak only the word which I tell you.” So Balaam went along with the leaders of Balak.

He replied, “Must I not be careful to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”

‘Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything contrary to the command of the Lord, either good or bad, of my own accord. What the Lord speaks, that I will speak’?

The Lord

nullifies the counsel of the nations;

He frustrates the plans of the peoples.

Before they had satisfied their desire,

While their food was in their mouths,

“Because of your raging against Me
And because your

arrogance has come up to My ears,

Therefore I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back by the way which you came.

I gave you a king in My anger
And took him away in My wrath.

General references

He said to them, “Spend the night here, and I will bring word back to you as the Lord may speak to me.” And the leaders of Moab stayed with Balaam.

But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his hand.