Numeri 22:39

39 Balaam andò con Balak, e giunsero a Kiriath-Hutsoth.

Numeri 22:39 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 22:39

And Balaam went with Balak
From Ar of Moab, or, however, from the place where they met, to the royal city where Balak had his palace, and seems to be the place following:

and they came to Kirjathhuzoth;
which Jarchi interprets a city full of streets, a populous place, having a multitude of men, women, and children in the streets of it; and the same writer suggests as if Balak's view in this was to move the pity of Balaam, that such a number of people might not be rooted out and destroyed.

Numeri 22:39 In-Context

37 E Balak disse a Balaam: "Non t’ho io mandato con insistenza a chiamare? perché non sei venuto da me? non son io proprio i grado di farti onore?"

38 E Balaam rispose a Balak: "Ecco, son venuto da te; ma posso io adesso dire qualsiasi cosa? la parola che Dio mi metterà in bocca, quella dirò".

39 Balaam andò con Balak, e giunsero a Kiriath-Hutsoth.

40 E Balak sacrificò buoi e pecore e mandò parte delle carni a Balaam e ai principi ch’eran con lui.

41 La mattina Balak prese Balaam e lo fece salire a Bamoth Baal, donde Balaam vide l’estremità del campo d’Israele.