Mínshùjì 22:21

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

Mínshùjì 22:21 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 22:21

And Balaam rose up in the morning
Early, not waiting for the call of the princes, which showed how eager he was to be gone, and how intent upon the journey:

and saddled his ass;
which, if he did himself, as Jarchi suggests, this is a further proof of the haste he was in; though, as he had two servants with him, it is more likely that they did it by his order: the same is said of Abraham, ( Genesis 22:3 ) , it was usual for persons of note and figure, in those times and countries, to ride on asses, ( Judges 5:10 ) and went with the princes of Moab; in company with them, and with as good a will as they, his heart and theirs being alike, as Jarchi notes; though it seems by what follows that by some means or another they soon parted company; for when the affair of the ass happened, Balaam was alone, only attended by his two servants.

Mínshùjì 22:21 In-Context

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 .

23 Lü kànjian Yēhéhuá de shǐzhĕ zhàn zaì lù shàng , shǒu lǐ yǒu bá chūlai de dāo , jiù cóng lù shàng kuà jìn tiánjiān , Bālán biàn dá lü , yào jiào tā huízhuǎn shàng lù .