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Numbers 22:37 Explained in Context
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Verse 37. 37And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honour?
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Role in This Section
Numbers 22:37 within “Balak Meets Balaam and Shows Him Part of Israel,” states what Balaam, Balak, God, or the poem contributes here; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to you to call you? wherefore camest you not to me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honour?.
Read It With
- Numbers 22:36–41
Read Numbers 22:37 with 22:36–41. It within “Balak Meets Balaam and Shows Him Part of Israel,” states what Balaam, Balak, God, or the poem contributes here; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to you to call you? wherefore camest you not to me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honour?. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: Balak travels to meet Balaam at Moab's border, complains about delay and offers honor, Balaam repeats that he can speak only what God puts in his mouth, sacrifices are made at Kirjath-huzoth, and Balak takes him to Bamoth-baal to view the people.
Why It Needs Context
Numbers 22:37 within “Balak Meets Balaam and Shows Him Part of Israel,” states what Balaam, Balak, God, or the poem contributes here; in lightly modernized wording, the clause reads: Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to you to call you? wherefore camest you not to me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honour?. Its responsible force depends on 22:36–41; isolated from “Balak Meets Balaam and Shows Him Part of Israel,” the verse's actor, action, reason, object, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.
Continue in Context
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Read Numbers 22:36–41 — Balak Meets Balaam and Shows Him Part of IsraelSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Numbers 22:36–41, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Numbers
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project
Open Scriptures, release 2.2, 2021
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, numbers, speeches, poems, legal clauses, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Num.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 22:36–41
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