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Numbers 24:12 KJV
Numbers · chapter 24 · verse 12
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,Numbers 24:12 · King James Version
Numbers 24:12 in context
10And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
11Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
12And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
13If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
14And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- messengersmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- sentestshâlachto send away, for, or outH7971 →
- BalaamBilʻâmBilam, a Mesopotamian prophetH1109 →
- BalakBâlâqBalak, a Moabitish kingH1111 →
- Spakedâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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We have here the conclusion of this vain attempt to curse Israel, and the total abandonment of it. 1. Balak made the worst of it. He broke out into a rage against Balaam (Num 24:10), expressed both in words and gesture the highest degree of vexation at the disappointment;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-14