Numbers 22:26
in Numbers 22And the angel of the LORD moved on ahead and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn to the right or left.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the angel of Jehovah went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
KJV
And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
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This verse in Numbers 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd the angel - stood in a narrow place - In this carriage of the angel says Mr. Ainsworth the Lord shows us the proceedings of his judgments against sinners: First he mildly shakes his rod at them but lets them go untouched. Secondly he comes nearer and touches them with an easy correction as it were wringing their foot against the wall.
This site's exposition
the angel of the Lord went further
on Numbers 22:26-27
The third station has no room on either hand, and the animal answers the only way left to her by lying down under him. His anger is kindled in exactly the words used of God's anger at verse 22, and the staff takes over from the hand. The narrowing carries the sense of the scene, since the road he chose runs out.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And the angel of the Lord went further, and stood in a narrow place,.... More narrow than the other, at a further distance: where was no way to turn, either to the right hand or to the left; it was so strait and close a place that the angel filled the whole breadth of it, that there was no passing him; so that there was no getting forward nor backward; not forward, because the angel filled up the way, and there was no slipping by him; nor backward, because it could not turn itself to the right or left.
He ought to have considered that there was certainly something extraordinary in this; for his ass was not restive, nor did she use to serve him thus: but it is common for those whose hearts are fully set in them to do evil to push on violently, and break through all the difficulties which Providence lays in their way to give check to them and to stop them in their career.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיּ֥וֹסֶף | vaiyosef | and he increased | H3254 → | 212 times |
| מַלְאַךְ־ | malakh- | [the] angel of | H4397 → | 213 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עֲב֑וֹר | avor | to pass on | H5674 → | 556 times |
| וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ | vaiyaamod | and he stood | H5975 → | 521 times |
| בְּמָק֣וֹם | bemakom | in a place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| צָ֔ר | tzar | narrow | H6862 → | 109 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֛ר | ʾasher | where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| אֵֽין־ | ʾein- | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| דֶּ֥רֶךְ | derekh | [was] a way | H1870 → | 707 times |
| לִנְט֖וֹת | lintot | to turn aside | H5186 → | 214 times |
| יָמִ֥ין | yamin | right [hand] | H3225 → | 140 times |
| וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃ | usemol | and left [hand] | H8040 → |
וַיּ֥וֹסֶףand he increased
vaiyosefH3254 →212 times
מַלְאַךְ־[the] angel of
malakh-H4397 →213 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עֲב֑וֹרto pass on
avorH5674 →556 times
וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙and he stood
vaiyaamodH5975 →521 times
בְּמָק֣וֹםin a place
bemakomH4725 →401 times
צָ֔רnarrow
tzarH6862 →109 times
אֲשֶׁ֛רwhere
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
אֵֽין־there not
ʾein-H369 →789 times
דֶּ֥רֶךְ[was] a way
derekhH1870 →707 times
לִנְט֖וֹתto turn aside
lintotH5186 →214 times
יָמִ֥יןright [hand]
yaminH3225 →140 times
וּשְׂמֹֽאול׃and left [hand]
usemolH8040 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Hosea 2:6Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.
it leads to
- Job 19:8
He has blocked my way so I cannot pass; He has veiled my paths with darkness.
- Lamentations 3:7–9
He has walled me in so I cannot escape; He has weighed me down with chains.
- Job 3:23
Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?
- Job 19:8
Through
Isaiah 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:27
but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
- Micah 5:9
Your hand will be lifted over your foes, and all your enemies will be cut off.
- Isaiah 5:24
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected…
- Acts 28:27
For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts,…
- Job 34:27
because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways.
- Hebrews 10:27
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.