Numbers 22:21
19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more.
20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab.
22 And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way.
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, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
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