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Numbers 22:32

The angel of the LORD asked him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out to oppose you, because your way is perverse before me.

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ASV

And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is perverse before me:

KJV

And the angel of the Lord said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:

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20 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
אֵלָיו֙'e.Lavto himH413 →
מַלְאַ֣ךְmal.'Akh[the] angel ofH4397 →
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
עַל־'al-concerningH5921 →
מָ֗הMahwhat?H4100 →
הִכִּ֙יתָ֙hi.Ki.tadid you strikeH5221 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֲתֹ֣נְךָ֔'a.To.ne.khafemale donkey yourH860 →
זֶ֖הzehthisH2088 →
שָׁל֣וֹשׁsha.Lo.oshthreeH7969 →
רְגָלִ֑יםre.ga.LimfeetH7272 →
הִנֵּ֤הhi.Nehhere!H2009 →
אָנֹכִי֙'a.no.KhiIH595 →
יָצָ֣אתִיya.Tza.tiI came outH3318 →
לְשָׂטָ֔ןle.sa.Tanto an adversaryH7854 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
יָרַ֥טya.Ratit is precipitateH3399 →
הַדֶּ֖רֶךְha.De.rekhthe wayH1870 →
לְנֶגְדִּֽי׃le.neg.Dito before meH5048 →

The walk

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Proverbs 28:18He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.Acts 13:10and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?Numbers 22:22Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.Genesis 8:1But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.Proverbs 14:2He who walks in uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is devious in his ways despises Him.Proverbs 28:6Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.Numbers 22:35But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, “Go with the men, but you are to speak only what I tell you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.Micah 6:5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”Numbers 22:20That night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”Psalms 147:9He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.Numbers 22:28Then the LORD opened the donkey’s mouth, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?”Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.Jonah 4:11So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”Psalms 145:9The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.Deuteronomy 25:4Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.Exodus 3:2–6There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from within a bush. Moses saw the bush ablaze with fire, but it was not consumed.Deuteronomy 23:4For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.2 Peter 2:14–15Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.

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About Numbers

An Angel Appears to Balaam — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
An Angel Appears to Balaam — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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