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اعداد 22:19
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Numbers 22:7, Numbers 22:8, 1 Timothy 6:9, 1 Timothy 6:10, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:15, Jude 1:11
Reciprocal: Numbers 22:12 - thou shalt not curse 1 Kings 13:16 - General Job 4:13 - thoughts
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night,.... As the former messengers had; this shows his strong inclination to go along with them, and do what was desired of him, could he be permitted; otherwise he might and ought to have told the messengers at once that Balak needed not to have given himself and them so much trouble, since it was not in his power to do for him what he requested; nor would he attempt it, as being contrary to the will of God, and therefore it would be their best way to return as soon as they could; but instead of that, he desires them to stay that night, which must give them some hope of succeeding in their embassy:
that I may know what the Lord will say unto me more; he hoped he would change his mind, and say something to him different from, and contrary to what he had before declared unto him, which to suppose of God is great vileness and wickedness; to such a pitch did his greedy desire after riches and honour work him up into; he ought to have been satisfied with the answer already given him, and not to have inquired more.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Ye also - i. e., as the other envoys before you. Had Balaam possessed a sincere spirit of obedience, he would have found in the first instructions Numbers 22:12 a final decision upon the matter. His hypocritical importunity with God when the fresh messengers came from Balak demonstrates his aversion to God’s declared will.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Numbers 22:19. What the Lord will say unto me more. — He did not know but God might make a farther discovery of his will to him, and therefore he might very innocently seek farther information.
