Numbers 22:39

39 Bil'am went with Balak. When they arrived at Kiryat-Hutzot,

Numbers 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.

Numbers 22:39 In-Context

37 Balak said to Bil'am, "I sent more than once to summon you! Why didn't you come to me? Did you think I couldn't pay you enough?"
38 Bil'am replied to Balak, "Here, I've come to you! But I have no power of my own to say anything. The word that God puts in my mouth is what I will say."
39 Bil'am went with Balak. When they arrived at Kiryat-Hutzot,
40 Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, then sent to Bil'am and the princes with him.
41 In the morning Balak took Bil'am and brought him up to the high places of Ba'al; from there he could see a portion of the people.
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