Mínshùjì 22:20

20 Dàng yè , shén líndào Bālán nàli , shuō , zhèxie rén ruò lái zhào nǐ , nǐ jiù qǐlai tóng tāmen qù , nǐ zhǐyào zūnxíng wǒ duì nǐ suǒ shuō de huà .

Mínshùjì 22:20 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 22:20

And the Lord came unto Balaam at night
As before, ( Numbers 22:9 ) it may be in a dream; the Targum of Jonathan is as there,

``a word came from the Lord:''

and said unto him, if the men come and call thee, rise up, and go with
them;
this was said, as some think, not seriously, but sarcastically, or rather in an angry manner, bidding him go, if he would; so giving him up to his own heart's lusts, or, at most; only permitting him to go with them, but not to curse Israel; and this permission to go seems to be on this condition, if the princes first called him, and were urgent on him to go with them: this was a trial of Balaam, whether he would be eager and forward to go, or patiently wait until he should be called; or the words may be rendered, "seeing", or because ^F7,

they are come to call thee: but yet the word which I shall say unto
thee, that shall thou do;
whether he would or not, he should be forced to do it, as Jarchi; and therefore go not with any intention to curse Israel, which shall never be done; wherefore to go would be vain and fruitless, since he would never be able to answer the design of Balak: but still Balaam hoped, it not being so fully and clearly expressed as before, that he should not curse Israel; that God would say something else unto him, though he had no reason at all for it, but all the reverse; so blinded was he with a greedy desire of riches and honour.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 (Ma) "quandoquidem", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so Noldius, p. 88. & Ainsworth.

Mínshùjì 22:20 In-Context

18 Bālán huídá bā lè de chénpú shuō , bā lè jiù shì jiàng tā mǎn wū de jīn yín gĕi wǒ , wǒ xíng dà shì xiǎoshì yĕ bùdé yuèguò Yēhéhuá wǒ shén de méng .

19 Xiànzaì wǒ qǐng nǐmen jīnyè zaì zhèlǐ zhù sù , dĕng wǒ de zhì Yēhéhuá hái yào duì wǒ shuō shénme .

20 Dàng yè , shén líndào Bālán nàli , shuō , zhèxie rén ruò lái zhào nǐ , nǐ jiù qǐlai tóng tāmen qù , nǐ zhǐyào zūnxíng wǒ duì nǐ suǒ shuō de huà .

21 Bālán zǎochen qǐlai , beì shàng lü , hé Móyē de shǐ chén yītóng qù le .

22 Shén yīn tā qù jiù fā le nù . Yēhéhuá de shǐzhĕ zhàn zaì lù shàng dídǎng tā . tā qí zhe lü , yǒu liǎng gè púrén gēnsuí tā .