Numbers 22:38

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38 He answered him: Lo, here I am: shall I have power to speak any other thing but that which God shall put in my mouth?


Commentary on this verse  

By Henry MacLagan

Verse 38. But the corrupted will now perceives from the light of truth itself, present in the corrupted understanding, that indeed it desires to gratify selfish love, but that it cannot overcome the power of genuine truth, and must, even from selfish considerations, comply with its requirements.