Numbers 23:26

26 Balaam answered, "Didn't I tell you that I had to do everything that the Lord told me?"

Numbers 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.

Numbers 23:26 In-Context

24 The nation of Israel is like a mighty lion: It doesn't rest until it has torn and devoured, Until it has drunk the blood of those it has killed."

25 Then Balak said to Balaam, "You refuse to curse the people of Israel, but at least don't bless them!"

26 Balaam answered, "Didn't I tell you that I had to do everything that the Lord told me?"

27 Balak said, "Come with me, and I will take you to another place. Perhaps God will be willing to let you curse them for me from there."

28 So he took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor overlooking the desert.