Numbers 22:39

39 perrexerunt ergo simul et venerunt in urbem quae in extremis regni eius finibus erat

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 dixitque ad Balaam misi nuntios ut vocarent te cur non statim venisti ad me an quia mercedem adventui tuo reddere nequeo
38 cui ille respondit ecce adsum numquid loqui potero aliud nisi quod Deus posuerit in ore meo
39 perrexerunt ergo simul et venerunt in urbem quae in extremis regni eius finibus erat
40 cumque occidisset Balac boves et oves misit ad Balaam et principes qui cum eo erant munera
41 mane autem facto duxit eum ad excelsa Baal et intuitus est extremam partem populi
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