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Numbers 22:14-16
New English Translation

14 So the princes of Moab departed[a] and went back to Balak and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”

Balaam Accompanies the Moabite Princes

15 Balak again sent princes,[b] more numerous and more distinguished than the first.[c] 16 And they came to Balaam and said to him, “Thus says Balak son of Zippor: ‘Please do not let anything hinder you from coming[d] to me.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 22:14 tn Heb “rose up.”
  2. Numbers 22:15 tn The construction is a verbal hendiadys. It uses the Hiphil preterite of the verb “to add” followed by the Qal infinitive “to send.” The infinitive becomes the main verb, and the preterite an adverb: “he added to send” means “he sent again.”
  3. Numbers 22:15 tn Heb “than these.”
  4. Numbers 22:16 tn The infinitive construct is the object of the preposition.
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