'Respond' in the Bible

"That's also why we said, "It may be if they say these things to us and to our descendants in the future, so we will respond, "Look at this replica of the altar of the LORD that our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifice, but rather as a reminder between us and you.

I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power.