Text -- Numbers 22:32 (NET)

22:32 The angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Num 22:32

¹ tn Heb “your way.”

² tn The verb יָרַט (yarat) occurs only here and in Job 16:11. Balaam is embarking on a foolish mission with base motives. The old rendering “perverse” is still acceptable.