THEOSISAmbrose of Milan
He replied, I endure shame for my ignorance, for I do not speak on my own accord; rather, like a clanging cymbal, I produce a sound.
Numbers 23:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He answered him: Can I speak any thing else but what the Lord commandeth?
וַיַּ֖עַן וַיֹּאמַ֑ר הֲלֹ֗א אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָשִׂ֤ים יְהוָה֙ בְּפִ֔י אֹת֥וֹ אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר לְדַבֵּֽר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Num 22:38He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth?
- Num 23:26And he said: Did I not tell thee, that whatsoever God should command me, that I would do?
- Num 23:20I was brought to bless, the blessing I am not able to hinder.
- Num 24:13If 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 head either good or evil: but whatsoever the Lord shall say, that I will speak?
- Num 22:20God therefore came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: If these men be come to call thee, arise and go with them: yet so, that thou do what I shall command thee.
- Rom 16:18For they that are such serve not Christ our Lord but their own belly: and by pleasing speeches and good words seduce the hearts of the innocent.
- Titus 1:16They profess that they know God: but in their works they deny him: being abominable and incredulous and to every good work reprobate.
- Prov 26:25When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.