Bilangan 23:26
Konteks23:26 But Balaam replied 1 to Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the Lord speaks, 2 I must do’?”
Bilangan 23:1
Konteks23:1 3 Balaam said to Balak, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams.”
1 Samuel 3:17
Konteks3:17 Eli 4 said, “What message did he speak to you? Don’t conceal it from me. God will judge you severely 5 if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!”
Yeremia 37:17
Konteks37:17 Then King Zedekiah had him brought to the palace. There he questioned him privately and asked him, 6 “Is there any message from the Lord?” Jeremiah answered, “Yes, there is.” Then he announced, 7 “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.” 8
[23:26] 1 tn Heb “answered and said.”
[23:26] 2 tn This first clause, “all that the
[23:1] 3 sn The first part of Balaam’s activity ends in disaster for Balak – he blesses Israel. The chapter falls into four units: the first prophecy (vv. 1-10), the relocation (vv. 11-17), the second prophecy (vv. 18-24), and a further location (vv. 25-30).
[3:17] 4 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Eli) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[3:17] 5 tn Heb “So God will do to you and thus he will add.” The verbal forms in this pronouncement are imperfects, not jussives, but the statement has the force of a curse or warning. One could translate, “May God do to you and thus may he add.”
[37:17] 6 tn Heb “Then King Zedekiah sent and brought him and the king asked him privately [or more literally, in secret] and said.”
[37:17] 7 tn Heb “Then he said.”
[37:17] 8 sn Jeremiah’s answer even under duress was the same that he had given Zedekiah earlier. (See Jer 34:3 and see the study note on 34:1 for the relative timing of these two incidents.)