...therefore, 1 pray thee, curse me this people. IS And Balaam answered anil said unto the servants of Balak, iquities unto a land 19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that i may know what the LORD will say...

...hardly-achieved triumph. 18. And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, Jf Balak wouldgive 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. Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say...

...honor, and saying, " Let nothing I pray thee hinder thee from coming unto me," Balaam answered : " If Balak would give me his house full of silver and...gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, ffy» rrirr, to do lessor more" (anything), therefore tarry here this night also that " I may know...

...Balaam made answer to Balac : Did I not «ay to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me : 13 ь If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to utter any thing of my own bead either good or evil : but whatsoever the Lord shall say. that I will...

...therefore, I prey thee, curse me this people. 18 And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, IS Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say...

...wished also to gain them without directly disobeying God. He hoped, it seems, to compound the matter : " If Balak would give me his house full of silver and...beyond the word of the Lord my God to do less or more." So much he yielded to his sense of duty ; but then the love of gain came in, and tempted him to add,...

...the true God, and the fear of that God upon him ; and that he honestly declares this. Numb. xxii. 18. "If Balak would give me his house full of silver and...gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God." Where, though he is called a false prophet by some, he evidently owns God, and assumes a property in...

...— serve God and mammon. In a sense he spoke truly when he said, " If Balak would give me his Louse full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more." But all this was done by Balaam very much as a matter of commercial speculation. It was all in the...

...more, and more honourable than they ;" to whom Balaam replied, " 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." Yet he was sorely tempted by the offered rewards, and he prayed the messengers to tarry that night...

...9. " Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done." Mat. 11. 20. " I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord, my God, to do less or more." Num. 22. 18. " The less is blessed by the better." Heb. 7. Parse and write, as before. LIST 8. —...