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Numbers 22:18

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And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, 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.
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  1. Numbers 24:13Rank 1 from verse 18
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    13If 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?

  2. 1 Kings 22:14Rank 2 from verse 18
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    14And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, that will I speak.

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    13And Micaiah said, As the Lord liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak.

  4. Numbers 23:26Rank 4 from verse 18
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    26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?

  5. Numbers 22:38Rank 5 from verse 18
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    38And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.

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Numbers 22:18

COMBINED MEANING

answered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of answer, meaning to reply, respond, or give account.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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house

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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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silver

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A precious white metal used for money, vessels, ornaments, images, trade, valuation, and refining; by extension, money or wealth reckoned in that metal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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word

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Sense 1: A spoken or written expression, saying, message, command, promise, report, or matter. Sense 2: God's revealed word.

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

18And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, 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.

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19Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more.

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