Numeri 22:14

14 E i principi di Moab si levarono, tornarono da Balak e dissero: "Balaam ha rifiutato di venir con noi".

Numeri 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.

Numeri 22:14 In-Context

12 E Dio disse a Balaam: "Tu non andrai con loro, non maledirai quel popolo, perché egli è benedetto".

13 Balaam si levò, la mattina, e disse ai principi di Balak: "Andatevene al vostro paese, perché l’Eterno m’ha rifiutato il permesso di andare con voi".

14 E i principi di Moab si levarono, tornarono da Balak e dissero: "Balaam ha rifiutato di venir con noi".

15 Allora Balak mandò di nuovo de’ principi, in maggior numero e più ragguardevoli che que’ di prima.

16 I quali vennero da Balaam e gli dissero: "Così dice Balak, figliuolo di Tsippor: Deh, nulla ti trattenga dal venire da me;