Numbers 22:21
in Numbers 22So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
KJV
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
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This verse in Numbers 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Since these men have come to summon you
on Numbers 22:20-21
The permission carries a limit, you must only do what I tell you, and the next verse says God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going. Readers divide: Calvin takes the leave as given in anger, Henry blames the appetite, and Keil and Delitzsch find the fault in the desire behind the second asking.
This site's exposition
saddled his donkey
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown picture the kind of animal persons of rank rode, with a saddle that was a pad or an outer cloak. Balaam sets out with the princes of Moab, yet in verse 22 only his two servants are beside him. John Wesley supposes the rest of the company had gone ahead. Balaam followed at a distance.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee?
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And Balaam rose up in the morning,....
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּ֤קָם | vaiyakom | and he arose | H6965 → | 628 times |
| בִּלְעָם֙ | bilam | Balaam | H1109 → | 61 times |
| בַּבֹּ֔קֶר | baboker | in the morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
| וַֽיַּחֲבֹ֖שׁ | vaiyachavosh | and he saddled | H2280 → | |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲתֹנ֑וֹ | ʾatono | donkey his | H860 → | 34 times |
| וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ | vaiyelekh | and he went | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| שָׂרֵ֥י | sarei | [the] leaders of | H8269 → | 421 times |
| מוֹאָֽב׃ | moav | Moab | H4124 → | 181 times |
וַיָּ֤קָםand he arose
vaiyakomH6965 →628 times
בִּלְעָם֙Balaam
bilamH1109 →61 times
בַּבֹּ֔קֶרin the morning
babokerH1242 →214 times
וַֽיַּחֲבֹ֖שׁand he saddled
vaiyachavoshH2280 →
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲתֹנ֑וֹdonkey his
ʾatonoH860 →34 times
וַיֵּ֖לֶךְand he went
vaiyelekhH1980 →1546 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
שָׂרֵ֥י[the] leaders of
sareiH8269 →421 times
מוֹאָֽב׃Moab
moavH4124 →181 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory; John Calvin, Commentary on the Four Last Books of Moses Arranged in the Form of a Harmony; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.