Numbers 22:8 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 22:8

“Spend the night here,” Balaam replied, “and I will give you the answer that the LORD speaks to me.” So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Jehovah shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

KJV

And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.

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Commentary

1 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

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
אֲלֵיהֶ֗ם	'a.lei.Hem	to them	H413 →
לִ֤ינוּ	Li.nu	lodge	H3885 →
פֹה֙	foh	here	H6311 →
הַלַּ֔יְלָה	ha.Lay.lah	this night	H3915 →
וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֤י	va.ha.shi.vo.Ti	and I will bring back	H7725 →
אֶתְכֶם֙	'et.Khem	<obj.> you	H853 →
דָּבָ֔ר	da.Var	word	H1697 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
יְדַבֵּ֥ר	ye.da.Ber	he will speak	H1696 →
יְהוָ֖ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֵלָ֑י	'e.Lai	to me	H413 →
וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ	vai.ye.she.Vu	and they remained	H3427 →
שָׂרֵֽי־	sa.rei-	[the] leaders of	H8269 →
מוֹאָ֖ב	mo.'Av	Moab	H4124 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
בִּלְעָֽם׃	bil.'Am	Balaam	H1109 →

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
Ezekiel 33:31
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest…
leads to
- Isaiah 29:13
  Therefore the Lord said: “These people draw near to Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me. Their worship of Me is but rules taught…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Matthew 13:22
  The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
- Psalms 78:36–37
  But they deceived Him with their mouths, and lied to Him with their tongues.
- James 1:22–24
  Be doers of the word, and not hearers only. Otherwise, you are deceiving yourselves.
- Luke 11:28
  But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”
Through
Numbers 12:6
He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
leads to
- 1 Kings 3:5
  One night at Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream, and God said, “Ask, and I will give it to you!”
- Genesis 46:2
  And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
- Genesis 31:10–11
  When the flocks were breeding, I saw in a dream that the streaked, spotted, and speckled males were mating with the females.