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Numbers 22:34 KJV
Numbers · chapter 22 · verse 34
And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.Numbers 22:34 · King James Version
Numbers 22:34 in context
32And 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:
33And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive.
34And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
35And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
36And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- stoodestnâtsabto station, in various applicationsH5324 →
- againstqirʼâhan encountering, accidental, friendly or hostileH7125 →
- BalaamBilʻâmBilam, a Mesopotamian prophetH1109 →
- sinnedchâṭâʼproperly, to missH2398 →
- angelmălʼâka messengerH4397 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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We have here an account of the opposition God gave to Balaam in his journey towards Moab; probably the princes had gone before, or gone some other way, and Balaam had pointed out where he would meet them, or where they should stay for him, for we read nothing of them in this part of our narrative, only that Balaam,…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-35