So I let them do what they wanted to do.\par Israel did anything they wanted to do.\par
Numbers 22:20 - Easy To Read Version That night, God came to Balaam. God said, “These men have come again to ask you to go with them. So you can go with them. But do only the things that I tell you to do.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call you, rise up and go with them, but still only what I tell you may you do. American Standard Version (1901) And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men are come to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee, that shalt thou do. Common English Bible God came to Balaam in the night and said to him, “If the men have come to summon you, arise and go with them. But you must do only what I tell you to do.” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, God came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: "If these men have arrived to call you, then rise up and go with them; yet only in so far as you shall do what I will command you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version God therefore came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: If these men be come to call thee, arise and go with them. Yet so, that thou do what I shall command thee. |
So I let them do what they wanted to do.\par Israel did anything they wanted to do.\par
Yes, you were upset at me.\par I heard your proud insults.\par So I will put my hook in your nose.\par And I will put my bit {\cf2\super [356]} in your mouth.\par Then I will turn you around\par and lead you back the way you came.’”\par
I was angry, and I gave you a king. And when I became very angry, I took him away.
But you can stay here tonight like the other men did. And during the night I will learn what the Lord wants to tell me.”
Then the Lord’s angel said to Balaam, “No! You can go with these men. But be careful. Speak only the words that I will tell you to say.” So Balaam went with the leaders that Balak had sent.
But Balaam answered, “I must say the things that the Lord tells me to say.”
So the Lord came to Balaam and told Balaam what to say. Then the Lord told Balaam to go back to Balak and say those things.
Balaam answered, “I told you before that I can only say the things that the Lord tells me to say.”
Then the Lord told Balaam what he should say. Then the Lord said, “Go back to Balak and say these things that I have given you to say.”
‘Balak can give me his most beautiful house filled with silver and gold. But I can still say only the things that the Lord commands me to say. I cannot do anything myself, good or bad. I must say what the Lord commands.’ Surely you remember that I told your men these things.
I heard this message from God. I saw what God All-Powerful [299] showed me. I humbly tell what I clearly see.