Numbers 24:12

12 Balaam said to Balak, "When you sent messengers to me, I told them,

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 Then Balak was angry with Balaam, and he pound-ed his fist. He said to Balaam, "I called you here to curse my enemies, but you have continued to bless them three times.

11 Now go home! I said I would pay you well, but the Lord has made you lose your reward."

12 Balaam said to Balak, "When you sent messengers to me, I told them,

13 'Balak could give me his palace filled with silver and gold, but I still cannot go against the Lord's commands. I could not do anything, good or bad, on my own, but I must say what the Lord says.'

14 Now I am going back to my own people, but I will tell you what these people will do to your people in the future."