Numbers 22:21
19 So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”
20 That 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.”
So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
22 Then 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.
23 When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
- KJV
- And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
- WEB
- Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
- ASV
- And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
- DARBY
- And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
- BLB
- And Balaam rose in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab.
- ÅB
- Om morgenen sto Bileam opp og salte sin eselhoppe og dro med Moabs høvdinger.
- OTB
- Bileam sto opp tidlig, salte eselet sitt og fulgte med Moabs tjenestemenn.
- B1930
- Om morgenen stod Bileam op og salte sin aseninne og drog med Moabs høvdinger.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 1:15–16
my son, do not walk the road with them or set foot upon their path.
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