Numbers 22:20

New International Reader's Version

That night God came to Balaam. He said, “These men have come to get you. So go with them. But do only what I tell you to do.”

Cross References

Psalm 81:12

So I let them go their own stubborn way. I let them follow their own sinful plans.

Isaiah 37:29

You roar against me and brag. And I have heard your bragging. So I will put my hook in your nose. I will put my bit in your mouth. And I will make you go home by the same way you came.’ ” ’ ”

Jeremiah 1:7

But the Lord said to me, “Do not say, ‘I’m too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to. You must say everything I command you to say.

Hosea 13:11

So I became angry and gave you a king. Then I took him away from you.

Numbers 22:19

Now spend the night here so that I can find out what else the Lord will tell me.”

Numbers 22:35

The angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men. But say only what I tell you to say.” So Balaam went with Balak’s officials.

Numbers 23:12

He answered, “I have to speak only the words the Lord puts in my mouth.”

Numbers 23:16

The Lord met with Balaam. He put a message in Balaam’s mouth. The Lord said, “Go back to Balak. Give him my message.”

Numbers 23:26

Balaam answered, “Didn’t I tell you that I must do only what the Lord says?”

Numbers 23:5

The Lord put a message in Balaam’s mouth. The Lord said, “Go back to Balak. Give him my message.”

Numbers 24:13

I said, ‘Balak could give me all the silver and gold in his palace. Even if I wanted to, I still couldn’t do anything at all that goes beyond what the Lord commands. I must say only what the Lord tells me to say.’

Numbers 24:4

It’s the message God gave to the one who hears the words of God. He sees a vision from the Mighty One. He falls down flat with his face toward the ground. His eyes have been opened by the Lord.