Numbers 22:19 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 22:19

So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more.

KJV

Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Ye also - i. e., as the other envoys before you. Had Balaam possessed a sincere spirit of obedience, he would have found in the first instructions Num 22:12 a final decision upon the matter. His hypocritical importunity with God when the fresh messengers came from Balak demonstrates his aversion to God’s declared will.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֗ה	ve.'a.Tah	and now	H6258 →
שְׁב֨וּ	she.Vu	remain	H3427 →
נָ֥א	na'	please	H4994 →
בָזֶ֛ה	va.Zeh	in this [place]	H2088 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
אַתֶּ֖ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
הַלָּ֑יְלָה	ha.La.ye.lah	this night	H3915 →
וְאֵ֣דְעָ֔ה	ve.'E.de.'Ah	so let me know	H3045 →
מַה־	mah-	what?	H4100 →
יֹּסֵ֥ף	yo.Sef	will he increase	H3254 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
דַּבֵּ֥ר	da.Ber	to speak	H1696 →
עִמִּֽי׃	'i.Mi	with me	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 walk8

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
Jude 1:11
Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
leads to
- Revelation 2:14
  But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 Peter 2:15
  They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
- 1 John 3:12
  Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did Cain slay him? Because his own deeds were evil, while those of his brother were righteous.
- Genesis 4:3–14
  So in the course of time, Cain brought some of the fruit of the soil as an offering to the LORD,
- Hebrews 11:4
  By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he…
Through
2 Peter 2:15
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
leads to
- Jude 1:11
  Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
Through
2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 2:17
  For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
- Romans 16:18
  For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Numbers

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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