Numeri 23:26

26 Ma Balaam rispose e disse a Balak: "Non t’ho io detto espressamente: Io farò tutto quello che l’Eterno dirà?"

Numeri 23:26 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 23:26

But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, told not I thee
He appeals to him for his honesty and faithfulness, for honest and faithful he would be thought to be, both to God and man; that when he first met him, he plainly told him what he must expect: from him:

saying, all that the Lord speaketh, that I must do;
which was very true, he was obliged to do as he had bid him, and speak what he had said unto him, though it was sore against his will; he would fain both have spoken and done otherwise, if he might have been permitted.

Numeri 23:26 In-Context

24 Ecco un popolo che si leva su come una leonessa, si rizza come un leone; ei non si sdraia prima d’aver divorato la preda e bevuto il sangue di quelli che ha ucciso".

25 Allora Balak disse a Balaam: "Non lo maledire, ma anche non lo benedire".

26 Ma Balaam rispose e disse a Balak: "Non t’ho io detto espressamente: Io farò tutto quello che l’Eterno dirà?"

27 E Balak disse a Balaam: "Deh, vieni, io ti condurrò in un altro luogo; forse piacerà a Dio che tu me lo maledica di là".

28 Balak dunque condusse Balaam in cima al Peor che domina il deserto.