Numbers 22:19

Translations

Modern

So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”

Traditional

Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more.

Literal

And now stay, please, in this place you also tonight, that I may know what more YHWH will speak to me.”

Latin

Obsecro ut hic maneatis etiam hac nocte, et scire queam quid mihi rursum respondeat Dominus.

Original

Hebrew

English

So now, please stay here overnight as the others did, that I may find out what else the LORD has to tell me.”

Notes

Numbers 22:19–20

Balaam agreed to ask about the Lord's wishes once more. God allowed him to go with Balak’s representatives but warned him to follow God's commands exactly (see 22:35).

Numbers 22:2–24:25

The story of Balak and Balaam marks an important turning point in Israel’s history. It includes humor, drama, and deep teaching about God.

The story makes one main point clear. The Lord’s will must be carried out. No one could stop his plan for Israel.

Theme notes and profiles

Balaam Moab and Ammon

Related verses

Jude 1:11
Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
2 Peter 2:15
They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
1 Timothy 6:9–10
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
2 Peter 2:3
In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
Numbers 22:7–8
The elders of Moab and Midian departed with the fees for divination in hand. They came to Balaam and relayed to him the words of Balak.

Glossary

Ammon, Ammonites Balaam Balak Curse, Cursed Deuteronomy, Book of False Prophets Jannes and Jambres Moab, Moabites Moses Numbers, Book of Prophets, False Shittim (Place)

Topics

Journey of Israel Through The Desert: Return to the Plains of Moab: Balaam not Permitted to Curse Israel Temptation: Yielding to Balaam

Numbers 22:19

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