Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 24:13
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?
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold,…. Which are the very words he said to the princes of Moab, Nu 22:18,
I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord, to do either good or bad; for though here it is the “commandment”, and there the “word” of the Lord, yet it is the same word in both places in the original text: indeed, here he omits the relation to the Lord he there claims, saying “my God”; and instead of “little or great”, here it is “good or bad”, but the sense is the same: and he adds, for explanation sake,
of mine own mind: or out of my heart, which was disposed well enough to serve Balak, but was laid under a restraint by the Lord:
but what the Lord said, that will I speak; and he had not only said this to the messengers, but to the king himself, and therefore he thought, that as he had openly and honestly told him this at first, he had no reason to be so angry with him; see Nu 22:38.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(13) I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord.Hebrew, the mouth of the Lord: the same expression which is used in Num. 22:18, where the Authorised Version has the word of the Lord.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Num 24:13 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?
Ver. 13. I cannot go beyond. ] Here was coloured covetousness, or “a cloak of covetousness.” 1Th 2:5 See Trapp on “ 1Th 2:5 “ God lets out the tedder to wicked men for a time, and then calls them back with shame enough to their task; lets them have the ball on the foot till they come almost to the goal, and then defeats them of their great hopes; as he did this sinful couple. Balak had not his will, nor Balaam his wages; God fooled them both, pulling the morsel out of their mouths, that they had well-nigh devoured.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Gen 31:24 – Take heed Num 16:28 – of mine Num 22:18 – If Balak Num 22:20 – but yet Num 22:38 – the word Num 23:12 – General Num 23:26 – General 1Ki 13:8 – If 1Ki 22:14 – what the Lord 1Ki 22:23 – and the Lord 2Ki 10:16 – Come with me 2Ch 18:13 – even what my God Jer 38:21 – this is