Numbers 24:12

12 And Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me,

Numbers 24:12 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 24:12

And Balaam said unto Balak
In order to mitigate his wrath, and bring him into a better temper:

spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me:
those that came to him a second time; for to the first he said nothing of what is after related, but to the last he did much the same as he had afterwards said to Balak himself: saying,

Numbers 24:12 In-Context

10 And Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times.

11 Therefore now flee to your own place. I said, ‘I will certainly honor you, ’ but the Lord has held you back from honor. ”

12 And Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me,

13 ‘If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will. What the Lord speaks, that will I speak’?

14 And now, behold, I am going to my people. Come, I will let you know what this people will do to your people in the latter days. ”