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Text -- Numbers 22:1-14 (NET)
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Balaam Refuses to Curse Israel
22:1 The Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan River across from Jericho .
22:2 Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites .
22:3 And the Moabites were greatly afraid of the people , because they were so numerous . The Moabites were sick with fear because of the Israelites .
22:4 So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian , “Now this mass of people will lick up everything around us, as the bull devours the grass of the field . Now Balak son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at this time .
22:5 And he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor , which is by the Euphrates River in the land of Amaw , to summon him, saying , “Look , a nation has come out of Egypt . They cover the face of the earth , and they are settling next to me.
22:6 So now , please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me . Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land . For I know that whoever you bless is blessed , and whoever you curse is cursed .”
22:7 So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fee for divination in their hand . They came to Balaam and reported to him the words of Balak .
22:8 He replied to them, “Stay here tonight , and I will bring back to you whatever word the Lord may speak to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam .
22:9 And God came to Balaam and said , “Who are these men with you?”
22:10 Balaam said to God , “Balak son of Zippor , king of Moab , has sent a message to me, saying,
22:11 “Look , a nation has come out of Egypt , and it covers the face of the earth . Come now and put a curse on them for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out .”
22:12 But God said to Balaam , “You must not go with them; you must not curse the people , for they are blessed .”
22:13 So Balaam got up in the morning , and said to the princes of Balak , “Go to your land , for the Lord has refused to permit me to go with you.”
22:14 So the princes of Moab departed and went back to Balak and said , “Balaam refused to come with us.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Balak |
Balaam |
ABEL-SHITTIM |
ANGEL |
Temptation |
ASS |
Sorcery |
CHARM |
DIVINATION |
Hypocrisy |
Heathen |
MOAB; MOABITES |
Worldliness |
MAGIC; MAGICIAN |
Greed |
Moabites |
MOAB |
WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL |
Zippor |
Prayer |
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NET Notes: Num 22:1 For the location of Jericho see Map5 B2; Map6 E1; Map7 E1; Map8 E3; Map10 A2; Map11 A1.
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NET Notes: Num 22:4 The word is simply “company,” but in the context he must mean a vast company – a horde of people.
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NET Notes: Num 22:6 The verb is the Piel imperfect of בָּרַךְ (barakh), with the nuance of possibility: “whomever you may ...
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NET Notes: Num 22:8 The verb לִין (lin) means “to lodge, spend the night.” The related noun is “a lodge” – a hotel o...
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NET Notes: Num 22:11 The verb is the Piel perfect with vav (ו) consecutive. It either carries the force of an imperfect tense, or it may be subordinated to the prece...
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NET Notes: Num 22:12 The word בָּרוּךְ (barukh) is the Qal passive participle, serving here as the predicate adjective afte...
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NET Notes: Num 22:13 The main verb is the Piel perfect, “he has refused.” This is followed by two infinitives. The first (לְתִת...
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