17 For I will promote thee unto great honor, and will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.

18 And Balaam answered, and said unto the servants of Balak, (A)If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more.

19 But now, I pray you, tarry here this night, that I may wit, what the Lord will say unto me [a]more.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 22:19 Because he tempted God to require him contrary to his commandment, his petition was granted, but it turned to his own condemnation.

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