And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
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Gill's Exposition
And the angel of the Lord said unto Balaam, go with the men,.... Which was not a command, but a concession, or rather a permission, leaving him to go if he would, suffering him to follow his own…
Barnes' Notes
Is perverse - Rather, is headlong. Compare Peter’s words 2Pe 2:16, “the madness of the prophet.”
We have here an account of the opposition God gave to Balaam in his journey towards Moab; probably the princes had gone before, or gone some other way, and Balaam had pointed out where he would meet…
Cambridge Bible
thy[lit. the way is headlong] The word, however, is doubtful. Perhaps we should read יָרַטְתָּ for יָרַט, -thou hast precipitated [undertaken precipitately] the journey."
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