Bilangan 21:22

21:22 “Let us ¹  pass through your land; ²  we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King’s Highway until we pass your borders.”

Bilangan 22:18

22:18 Balaam replied ³  to the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment ⁴  of the Lord my God ⁵  to do less or more.

[21:22]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text uses the singular in these verses to match the reference to “Israel.”

[21:22]  ² tc Smr has “by the King’s way I will go. I will not turn aside to the right or the left.”

[22:18]  ³ tn Heb “answered and said.”

[22:18]  ⁴ tn Heb “mouth.”

[22:18]  ⁵ sn In the light of subsequent events one should not take too seriously that Balaam referred to Yahweh as his God. He is referring properly to the deity for which he is acting as the agent.