Mínshùjì 22:14

14 Móyē de shǐ chén jiù qǐlai , huí bā lè nàli qù , shuō , Bālán bú kĕn hé wǒmen tóng lái .

Mínshùjì 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.

Mínshùjì 22:14 In-Context

12 Shén duì Bālán shuō , nǐ bùkĕ tóng tāmen qù , yĕ bùkĕ zhòuzǔ nà mín , yīnwei nà mín shì mĕng fú de .

13 Bālán zǎochen qǐlai , duì bā lè de shǐ chén shuō , nǐmen huí bĕn dì qù ba , yīnwei Yēhéhuá bùróng wǒ hé nǐmen tóng qù .

14 Móyē de shǐ chén jiù qǐlai , huí bā lè nàli qù , shuō , Bālán bú kĕn hé wǒmen tóng lái .

15 Bā lè yòu chāiqiǎn shǐ chén , bǐ xiānqián de yòu duō yòu zūnguì .

16 Tāmen dào le Bālán nàli , duì tā shuō , xī bō de érzi bā lè zhèyàng shuō , qiú nǐ bùróng shénme shì lánzǔ nǐ bú dào wǒ zhèlǐ lái ,