Numeri 22:21

21 Balaam adunque si levò la mattina, e sellò la sua asina, e andò co’ principi di Moab.

Numeri 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.

Numeri 22:21 In-Context

19 Tuttavia statevene, vi prego, qui ancora voi questa notte, e io saprò ciò che il Signore seguiterà a dirmi.

20 E Iddio venne di notte a Balaam, e gli disse: Cotesti uomini sono eglino venuti per chiamarti? levati, vai con loro; tuttavolta, fa’ quello che io ti dirò.

21 Balaam adunque si levò la mattina, e sellò la sua asina, e andò co’ principi di Moab.

22 E l’ira di Dio si accese, perciocchè egli andava; e l’Angelo del Signore si presentò in su la strada, per contrariarlo. Or egli cavalcava la sua asina, e avea seco due suoi fanti.

23 E l’asina vide l’Angelo del Signore che stava in su la strada, con la sua spada nuda in mano; e l’asina si rivolse dalla strada, e andava per li campi. E Balaam percosse l’asina, per farla ritornar nella strada.