12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
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Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell the messengers you sent me,
13 If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
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‘Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD—and I must say only what the LORD says’?