Numbers 22:14 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 22:14

And the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

KJV

And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Balaam refuseth to come with us - “Observe,” says Mr. Ainsworth, “Satan’s practice against God’s word, seeking to lessen the same, and that from hand to hand, till he bring it to naught.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

His real character has long been a subject of discussion. Some, judging from his language, have thought him a saint; others, looking to his conduct, have described him as an irreligious charlatan; and a third class consider him a novice in the faith, who had a fear of God, but who had not acquired power over his passions [HENGSTENBERG].

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיָּק֙וּמוּ֙	vai.ya.Ku.mu	and they arose	H6965 →
שָׂרֵ֣י	sa.Rei	[the] leaders of	H8269 →
מוֹאָ֔ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
וַיָּבֹ֖אוּ	vai.ya.Vo.'u	and they went	H935 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
בָּלָ֑ק	ba.Lak	Balak	H1111 →
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ	vai.Yo.me.Ru	and they said	H559 →
מֵאֵ֥ן	me.'En	he has refused	H3985 →
בִּלְעָ֖ם	bil.'Am	Balaam	H1109 →
הֲלֹ֥ךְ	ha.Lokh	to come	H1980 →
עִמָּֽנוּ׃	'i.Ma.nu	with us	H5973 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk6

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 22:37
And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to richly reward you?”
leads to
- Numbers 24:11
  Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”
- John 5:44
  How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
- Matthew 4:8–9
  Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.
- Luke 4:6
  “I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.
- Numbers 22:16–17
  They came to Balaam and said, “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
Through
Numbers 22:13
So Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
leads to
- Deuteronomy 23:5
  Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.

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02Original language & word study

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Numbers

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Numbers