'Responded' in the Bible

Joshua son of Nun, assistant to Moses since his youth, responded, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”

But the men who had gone up with him responded, “We can’t go up against the people because they are stronger than we are!”

The Lord responded, “I have pardoned them as you requested.

But Moses responded, “Why are you going against the Lord’s command? It won’t succeed.

But Balaam responded to the servants of Balak, “If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the command of the Lord my God to do anything small or great.