Numbers 24:11

Translations

Modern

Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would reward you richly, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”

Traditional

Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honour.

Literal

And now flee for yourself to your place! I said I would richly reward you, and in fact YHWH has kept you back from honor.”

Latin

…revertere ad locum tuum. Decreveram quidem magnifice honorare te, sed Dominus privavit te honore disposito.

Original

Hebrew

English

Therefore , flee at once to your home! I said I would reward you richly, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”

Notes

Numbers 23:27–24:14

Unhappy with Balaam's blessing, Balak hoped a new location would change the outcome. Although the exact location of Mount Peor is unknown, it was probably near a worship site for Baal of Peor and the Beth-peor (compare 25:3, 5). See Deuteronomy 3:29; 34:6 for where they buried Moses.

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

Numbers 22:17
…for I will honor you richly and do whatever you say. So please come and put a curse on this people for me!’”
Numbers 22:37
And he said to Balaam, “Did I not send you an urgent summons? Why did you not come to me? Am I really not able to reward you richly?”
Matthew 19:28–30
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
2 John 1:8
Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
Philippians 3:8
More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ
Hebrews 11:24–26
By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.
Acts 8:20
But Peter replied, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!
1 Peter 5:2–3
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed, but out of eagerness;

Glossary

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

Topics

Anger: Balak, Toward Balaam God: Providence of, Overruling Interpositions of The Sarcasm: Balak Reproaching Balaam

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