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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Numbers 23:26 Catholic Bible: Balaam answered, "Didn't I tell you that I had to do everything that the LORD told me?" </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/numbers/23-26.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/numbers/23-26.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/numbers/23-26.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/numbers/1.htm">Numbers</a> > <a href="/gntd/numbers/23.htm">Chapter 23</a> > Verse 26</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/23-25.htm" title="Numbers 23:25">◄</a> Numbers 23:26 <a href="../numbers/23-27.htm" title="Numbers 23:27">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/numbers/23.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/numbers/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Balaam answered, "Didn't I tell you that I had to do everything that the LORD told me?" <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘Whatever the LORD says, that is what I must do’?”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/numbers/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />"I've already told you," Balaam answered. "I will say only what the LORD tells me." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘Everything the LORD tells me I must do’?” <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/numbers/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../numbers/23-12.htm">Numbers 23:12,13</a> He answered him: Can I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth? . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../numbers/22-18.htm">Numbers 22:18,38</a> Balaam answered: If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot alter the word of the Lord my God, to speak either more or less. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../numbers/24-12.htm">Numbers 24:12,13</a> Balaam made answer to Balac: Did I not say to thy messengers, whom thou sentest to me: . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_kings/22-14.htm">1 Kings 22:14</a> But Micheas said to him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever the Lord shall say to me, that will I speak.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_chronicles/18-13.htm">2 Chronicles 18:13</a> And Micheas answered him: As the Lord liveth, whatsoever my God shall say to me, that will I speak.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/4-19.htm">Acts 4:19,20</a> But Peter and John answering, said to them: If it be just, in the sight of God, to hear you rather than God, judge ye. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../acts/5-29.htm">Acts 5:29</a> But Peter and the apostles answering, said: We ought to obey God rather than men.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/numbers/23.htm">Balaam's Second Oracle</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>And Balac said to Balaam: Neither curse, nor bless him. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl">And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?</span><span class="reftext">27</span>And Balac said to him: Come and I will bring thee to another place; if peradventure it please God that thou mayest curse them from thence.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../numbers/22-18.htm">Numbers 22:18</a></span><br />Balaam answered: If Balac would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot alter the word of the Lord my God, to speak either more or less.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../numbers/23-25.htm">Numbers 23:25</a></span><br />And Balac said to Balaam: Neither curse, nor bless him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../numbers/23-27.htm">Numbers 23:27</a></span><br />And Balac said to him: Come and I will bring thee to another place; if peradventure it please God that thou mayest curse them from thence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/23-18.htm">Balak</a> <a href="/numbers/23-19.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/numbers/22-8.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/numbers/22-8.htm">Speaks</a> <a href="/numbers/23-3.htm">Whatever</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/23-29.htm">Balak</a> <a href="/numbers/24-12.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/numbers/24-13.htm">Speaketh</a> <a href="/numbers/24-13.htm">Speaks</a> <a href="/numbers/30-2.htm">Whatever</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/23-26.htm">Numbers 23:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/23-26.htm">Numbers 23:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/23-26.htm">Numbers 23:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/23-26.htm">Numbers 23:26 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/23-26.htm">Numbers 23:26 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/23-26.htm">Numbers 23:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/23-26.htm">Numbers 23:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/23-26.htm">Numbers 23:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/numbers/23-26.htm">Numbers 23:26 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: answered Balaam Balak But Did do do' I LORD must not replied says speaks tell that the to whatever you<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/numbers/23-26.htm">OT Law: Numbers 23:26 But Balaam answered Balak Didn't I tell (Nu Num.) 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