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Text -- Numbers 22:21-41 (NET)

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22:21 So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
God Opposes Balaam
22:22 Then God’s anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose him. Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him. 22:23 And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road. 22:24 Then the angel of the Lord stood in a path among the vineyards, where there was a wall on either side. 22:25 And when the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she pressed herself into the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So he beat her again. 22:26 Then the angel of the Lord went farther, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left. 22:27 When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she crouched down under Balaam. Then Balaam was angry, and he beat his donkey with a staff. 22:28 Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?” 22:29 And Balaam said to the donkey, “You have made me look stupid; I wish there were a sword in my hand, for I would kill you right now.” 22:30 The donkey said to Balaam, “Am not I your donkey that you have ridden ever since I was yours until this day? Have I ever attempted to treat you this way?” And he said, “No.” 22:31 Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way with his sword drawn in his hand; so he bowed his head and threw himself down with his face to the ground. 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. 22:33 The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive.” 22:34 Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood against me in the road. So now, if it is evil in your sight, I will go back home.” 22:35 But the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you may only speak the word that I will speak to you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
Balaam Meets Balak
22:36 When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at a city of Moab which was on the border of the Arnon at the boundary of his territory. 22:37 Balak said to Balaam, “Did I not send again and again to you to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?” 22:38 Balaam said to Balak, “Look, I have come to you. Now, am I able to speak just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth.” 22:39 So Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth. 22:40 And Balak sacrificed bulls and sheep, and sent some to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him. 22:41 Then on the next morning Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to Bamoth Baal. From there he saw the extent of the nation.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Arnon a river forming the southern border of Ammon east of the Dead Sea
 · Baal a pagan god,a title of a pagan god,a town in the Negeb on the border of Simeon and Judah,son of Reaiah son of Micah; a descendant of Reuben,the forth son of Jeiel, the Benjamite
 · Balaam the son of Beor,son of Beor of Pethor on the Euphrates River
 · Balak a son of Zippor,son of Zippor, King of Moab, who hired Balaam against Israel
 · Bamoth-baal a place of Israelite encampment in Moab NE of the Dead Sea
 · Bamoth-Baal a place of Israelite encampment in Moab NE of the Dead Sea
 · Kiriath-Huzoth a town in Transjordania (OS)
 · Kiriath-huzoth a town in Transjordania (OS)
 · Moab resident(s) of the country of Moab


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NET Notes: Num 22:22 The word is שָׂטָן (satan, “to be an adversary, to oppose”).

NET Notes: Num 22:23 The word has the conjunction “and” on the noun, indicating this is a disjunctive vav (ו), here serving as a circumstantial clause.

NET Notes: Num 22:24 Heb “a wall on this side, and a wall on that side.”

NET Notes: Num 22:25 Heb “he added to beat her,” another verbal hendiadys.

NET Notes: Num 22:29 The optative clause is introduced with the particle לוּ (lu).

NET Notes: Num 22:30 Heb “to do thus to you.”

NET Notes: Num 22:31 The Hishtaphel verb חָוָה (khavah) – שָׁחָה (shakhah) with metathesis – ...

NET Notes: Num 22:32 The verb יָרַט (yarat) occurs only here and in Job 16:11. Balaam is embarking on a foolish mission with base motives. Th...

NET Notes: Num 22:33 Many commentators consider אוּלַי (’ulay, “perhaps”) to be a misspelling in the MT in place of &...

NET Notes: Num 22:34 The verb is the cohortative from “return”: I will return [me].

NET Notes: Num 22:35 The Hebrew word order is a little more emphatic than this: “but only the word which I speak to you, it you shall speak.”

NET Notes: Num 22:37 Balak again refers to his ability to “honor” the seer. This certainly meant payment for his service, usually gold ornaments, rings and jew...

NET Notes: Num 22:38 The imperfect tense is here taken as an obligatory imperfect.

NET Notes: Num 22:40 The understanding is that Balak was making a sacrifice for a covenant relationship, and so he gave some of the meat to the men and to the seer.

NET Notes: Num 22:41 The name Bamoth Baal means “the high places of Baal.”

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