Num 22:36-41 - Commentary

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Text -- Numbers 22:36-41 (NET)

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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 22:37 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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