Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
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Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
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And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
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And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
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Passages linked to Numbers 22:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 1:15-16 My son, don’t walk on the path with them. Keep your foot from their path, for their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 22:21 And Balaam rose up in the morning,…
Num 22:21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
Ver. 21. And saddled his ass.] Which never runs fast enough after preferment, till horse and man and all to the devil.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain But the angel of the Lord stood in a…
But the angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyard,..... Which were in the field into which the ass went, and before Balaam could turn her back she got into a narrow path, between the vineyards, as the Targum of Jonathan; a footpath which lay between them, or a footpath where foxes ran and had their holes, who used to lie near vineyards and among them, see Sol 1:14 however, it was a very narrow path, and here the angel placed himself, so that there was no passage for Balaam and his ass, at least not without great difficulty and danger:
a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side; and therefore there was no going out into the field, as before, to avoid the difficulty and danger; this being, as Jarchi observes, a stone wall that was on each side.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain THE JOURNEY. (Num. 22:21-41)
THE JOURNEY. (Num. 22:21-41)
Balaam . . . saddled his ass--probably one of the white sprightly animals which persons of rank were accustomed to ride. The saddle, as usually in the East, would be nothing more than a pad or his outer cloak.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 21. In the morning — In contrast with Abraham’s…
21. In the morning — In contrast with Abraham’s readiness to sacrifice all to God in Isaac (Gen_22:3) is Balaam’s greediness to clutch the wages of iniquity.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 saddled his donkey
saddled his donkey
A saddle is a seat put on the back of an animal in order to ride it.
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God's anger was kindled
The increase in God's anger is spoken of as if it was a fire starting to burn. This can be stated in active form. AT: "God became very angry" (See: Idiom and Active or Passive)
as someone hostile to Balaam
"as an enemy to Balaam" or "in order to stop Balaam"
with his drawn sword
A sword is drawn from its sheath in order to be ready to use. AT: "with his sword ready to attack" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
The donkey turned off the road and went into a field
The donkey did this to avoid the angel of Yahweh.
to turn her back
Sometimes animals are referred to as "her" or "she." AT: "to turn it back"
translationWords
Balaam
donkey
Moab
God
anger
angel
Yahweh
servant
sword
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 22:21-41 The passage is clearly making fun of this…
22:21-41 The passage is clearly making fun of this professional seer, whose spiritual insights and obedience to God are not equal to those of his donkey.
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