Numbers 24:13

24:13 ‘If Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond ¹  the commandment ²  of the Lord to do either good or evil of my own will, ³  but whatever the Lord tells me I must speak’?

Numbers 32:9

32:9 When ⁴  they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter ⁵  the land that the Lord had given ⁶  them.

¹ tn Heb “I am not able to go beyond.”

² tn Heb “mouth.”

³ tn Heb “from my heart.”

⁴ tn The preterite with vav (ו) consecutive is here subordinated to the parallel yet chronologically later verb in the next clause.

⁵ tn The infinitive construct here with lamed (ל) is functioning as a result clause.

⁶ tn The Lord had not given it yet, but was going to give it. Hence, the perfect should be classified as a perfect of resolve.