Numbers 22:9

And a word from before the Lord came unto Bileam, and said, Who are these men who are with thee?

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

In Context

8And he said to them, Lodge here for the night, and I will return you word, according as the Lord speaketh with me. And the princes of Moab tarried with Bileam.

10And Bileam said before the Lord, Balak bar Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent to me.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:9And the Lord said to Kain, Where is Habel thy brother? And he said, I know not; am I the keeper of my brother?

Genesis 20:3And the word came from the presence of the Lord to Abimelek in a dream of the night, and said to him, Behold, thou diest, on account of the woman whom thou hast taken, and she a man’s wife.

Genesis 41:25And Joseph answered Pharoh, The dream of Pharoh is one. That which the Lord is about to do He hath showed to Pharoh.

Numbers 22:20And word came from before the Lord unto Bileam by night, and said to him: If the men come to call thee, arise and go with them; nevertheless the word that I speak with thee, that thou shalt do.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:2-15

Balak Sends for Balaam. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. 2 And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. 3 And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. 4 And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of… Read the whole commentary →

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