Numbers 22:14

22:14 So the princes of Moab departed ¹  and went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

Numbers 22:21

22:21 So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.

Numbers 23:6

23:6 So he returned to him, and he was still ²  standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab.

Numbers 31:14

The Death of the Midianite Women

31:14 But Moses was furious with the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from service in the war.

Numbers 31:48

31:48 Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses

Numbers 31:52

31:52 All the gold of the offering they offered up to the Lord from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,750 shekels. ³ 

Numbers 22:8

22:8 He replied to them, “Stay ⁴  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.

Numbers 22:13

22:13 So Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land, ⁵  for the Lord has refused to permit me to go ⁶  with you.”

Numbers 22:35

22:35 But the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you may only speak ⁷  the word that I will speak to you.” ⁸  So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.

Numbers 31:54

31:54 So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders ⁹  of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial ¹⁰  for the Israelites before the Lord.

[22:14]  ¹ tn Heb “rose up.”

[23:6]  ² tn The Hebrew text draws the vividness of the scene with the deictic particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) – Balaam returned, and there he was, standing there.

[31:52]  ³ sn Or about 420 imperial pounds.

[22:8]  ⁴ tn The verb לִין (lin) means “to lodge, spend the night.” The related noun is “a lodge” – a hotel of sorts. Balaam needed to consider the offer. And after darkness was considered the best time for diviners to consult with their deities. Balaam apparently knows of the Lord; he testifies to this effect in 22:18.

[22:13]  ⁵ tc The LXX adds “to your lord.”

[22:13]  ⁶ tn The main verb is the Piel perfect, “he has refused.” This is followed by two infinitives. The first (לְתִתִּי, lÿtitti) serves as a complement or direct object of the verb, answering the question of what he refused to do – “to give me.” The second infinitive (לַהֲלֹךְ, lahalokh) provides the object for the preceding infinitive: “to grant me to go.”

[22:35]  ⁶ tn The imperfect tense here can be given the nuance of permission.

[22:35]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew word order is a little more emphatic than this: “but only the word which I speak to you, it you shall speak.”

[31:54]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text does not repeat the word “commanders” here, but it is implied.

[31:54]  ⁸ tn The purpose of the offering was to remind the Lord to remember Israel. But it would also be an encouragement for Israel as they remembered the great victory.