Números 22:14

14 Y los jefes de Moab se levantaron y volvieron a Balac, y le dijeron: Balaam rehusó venir con nosotros.

Números 22:14 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 22:14

And the princes of Moab rose up
And the princes of Midian also, immediately, without entering into a parley with him, to persuade him to go with them; perceiving by his answer that it would be to no purpose, and that he was determined to do as the Lord directed him:

and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us;
as Balaam told them less than what God had said to him, so they related less to Balak than what Balaam had said to them; saying nothing of the Lord's refusing to let him go with them, but represent it as a piece of pride and obstinacy in Balaam, and which Balak was left to understand; and it seems as if he did understand it as a piece of policy in Balaam, to get a larger offer of money or honour, or both, from him, and which the following account seems to confirm.

Números 22:14 In-Context

12 Y Dios dijo a Balaam: No vayas con ellos; no maldecirás al pueblo, porque es bendito.

13 Balaam se levantó de mañana y dijo a los jefes de Balac: Volved a vuestra tierra, porque el SEÑOR ha rehusado dejarme ir con vosotros.

14 Y los jefes de Moab se levantaron y volvieron a Balac, y le dijeron: Balaam rehusó venir con nosotros.

15 Entonces Balac envió jefes otra vez, más numerosos y más distinguidos que los anteriores.

16 Y fueron a Balaam, y le dijeron: Así dice Balac, hijo de Zipor: "Te ruego que no rehúses venir a mí;