Bilangan 22:32

22:32 The angel of the Lord said to him, “Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing ¹  is perverse before me. ² 

Bilangan 36:6

36:6 This is what ³  the Lord has commanded for Zelophehad’s daughters: ‘Let them marry ⁴  whomever they think best, ⁵  only they must marry within the family of their father’s tribe.

[22:32]  ¹ tn Heb “your way.”

[22:32]  ² tn The verb יָרַט (yarat) occurs only here and in Job 16:11. Balaam is embarking on a foolish mission with base motives. The old rendering “perverse” is still acceptable.

[36:6]  ³ tn Heb “the word that.”

[36:6]  ⁴ tn The idiom again is “let them be for wives for….”

[36:6]  ⁵ tn Heb “to the one who is good in their eyes.”