Numbers 22:15

And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honourable than they.

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Interpretation

A second embassy was sent to Balaam. It were well for us, if we were as earnest and constant in prosecuting a good work, notwithstanding disappointments.

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This thought runs through Numbers 22:15-19.

Numbers 22:15 Numbers 22:16 Numbers 22:17 Numbers 22:18 Numbers 22:19

Glossary

Balak Person: Empty; spoiler, a son of Zippor, and king of the Moabites ( Num. 22:2 , 4). From fear of the Israelites, who were encamped near the confines of his territory, he applied to Balaam (q. v. ) to curse them; but in vain.