And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.
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Interpretation
Balak has now nothing to complain of, but that Balaam did not come sooner. Balaam bids Balak not depend too much upon him.
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This thought runs through Numbers 22:36-40.
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.
- Balaam Person
- Lord of the people; foreigner or glutton, as interpreted by others, the son of Beor, was a man of some rank among the Midianites ( Num. 31:8 ; comp. 16). He resided at Pethor ( Deut. 23:4 ), in Mesopotamia ( Num. 23:7 ).