Numbers 24:13
13 'Even if Balak gave me his palace stuffed with silver and gold, I couldn't do anything on my own, whether good or bad, that went against God's command'?
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 24:13
Commentary on Numbers 24:10-14
(Read Numbers 24:10-14)
This vain attempt to curse Israel is ended. Balak broke out into a rage against Balaam, and expressed great vexation. Balaam has a very full excuse; God restrained him from saying what he would have said, and constrained him to say what he would not have uttered.