Numbers 22:20
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That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”
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But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”
that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I will speak whatever the LORD says.
But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”
But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.
Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”