Numbers 22:20
And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do.
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Gill's Exposition
And the ass saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way,.... Which Balaam did not; his eyes being held from seeing him by the power and providence of God, that he might be reproved and rebuked by…
We have here a second embassy sent to Balaam, to fetch him over to curse Israel. It were well for us if we were as earnest and constant in prosecuting a good work, notwithstanding disappointments, as…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
If the men be come to call thee i.e. since the men have come this long distance to summon thee. The A.V. -if the men come to call thee" has sometimes given rise to the erroneous idea that God gave…
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