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Números 22 Versión Católica de Dominio Público
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1 And they set out and made camp in the plains of Moab, across the Jordan, where Jericho is situated.
1 The children of Israel traveled, and encamped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho.
2 Then Balak, the son of Zippor, seeing all that Israel had done to the Amorite,
2 Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites.
3 and that the Moabites had great fear of him, and that they were not able to bear his assault,
3 Moab was very afraid of the people, because they were many. Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel.
4 said to those greater by birth of Midian: “So will this people wipe away all those who are dwelling within our borders, in the same way that the ox is accustomed to tear out grass, all the way to the roots.” At that time, he was king of Moab.
4 Moab said to the elders of Midian, “Now this multitude will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field.” Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time.
5 Therefore, he sent messengers to Balaam, the son of Beor, a seer who lived above the river of the land of the sons of Ammon, to call him, and to say: “Behold, a people has gone forth from Egypt, which has covered the face of the earth. They are encamped opposite me.
5 He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, “Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.
6 Therefore, come and curse this people, for they are stronger than I am. If only, in some way, I might be able to strike them and to drive them from my land. For I know that he whom you bless shall be blessed, and he whom you curse shall be cursed.”
6 Please come now therefore, and curse this people for me; for they are too mighty for me. Perhaps I shall prevail, that we may strike them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed.”
7 And the elders of Moab, and those greater by birth of Midian, continued on, holding the price of divination in their hands. And when they had come to Balaam, and had explained to him all the words of Balak,
7 The elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand. They came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak.
8 he responded, “Remain for this night, and I will answer with whatever the Lord will say to me.” And while they stayed with Balaam, God came and said to him,
8 He said to them, “Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as Yahweh shall speak to me.” The princes of Moab stayed with Balaam.
9 “What do these men want with you?”
9 God came to Balaam, and said, “Who are these men with you?”
10 He responded, “Balak, the son of Zippor, the king of the Moabites has sent to me,
10 Balaam said to God, “Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has said to me,
11 saying: ‘Behold, a people, which has gone forth from Egypt, has covered the face of the earth. Come and curse them, so that, in some way, I may be able to fight them and drive them away.’ ”
11 ‘Behold, the people that has come out of Egypt covers the surface of the earth. Now, come curse them for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them, and shall drive them out.’”
12 And God said to Balaam, “Do not go with them, and do not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
12 God said to Balaam, “You shall not go with them. You shall not curse the people, for they are blessed.”
13 And he, rising up in the morning, said to the leaders, “Go into your own land, for the Lord has prohibited me from going with you.”
13 Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, “Go to your land; for Yahweh refuses to permit me to go with you.”
14 Returning, the leaders said to Balak, “Balaam was not willing to come with us.”
14 The princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, “Balaam refuses to come with us.”
15 Again, he sent many more persons, and these were more noble than those he had sent before.
15 Balak again sent princes, more, and more honorable than they.
16 And when these had come to Balaam, they said: “So says Balak, the son of Zippor. Do not hesitate to come to me.
16 They came to Balaam, and said to him, “Balak the son of Zippor says, ‘Please let nothing hinder you from coming to me,
17 For I am ready to honor you, and whatever you would want, I shall give to you. Come and curse this people.”
17 for I will promote you to very great honor, and whatever you say to me I will do. Please come therefore, and curse this people for me.’”
18 Balaam responded: “Even if Balak were to give to me his own house, filled with silver and gold, I still would not be able to change the word of the Lord my God, neither to say more, nor to say less.
18 Balaam answered the servants of Balak, “If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the word of Yahweh my God, to do less or more.
19 I beg you to remain for this night also, so that I may know what the Lord will answer me again.”
19 Now therefore please stay here tonight as well, that I may know what else Yahweh will speak to me.”
20 Therefore, God came to Balaam in the night, and said to him: “If these men have arrived to call you, then rise up and go with them; yet only in so far as you shall do what I will command you.”
20 God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak to you, that you shall do.”
21 Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddling his donkey, he set out with them.
21 Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
22 And God was angry. And an Angel of the Lord stood in the way opposite Balaam, who was sitting on the donkey, and he had two servants with him.
22 God’s anger burned because he went; and Yahweh’s angel placed himself in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey, and his two servants were with him.
23 The donkey, discerning that the Angel was standing in the way with a drawn sword, turned herself from the road and went through a field. And when Balaam beat her and intended to return her to the path,
23 The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and the donkey turned out of the path, and went into the field. Balaam struck the donkey, to turn her into the path.
24 the Angel stood in a narrow place between the two walls, with which the vineyards were enclosed.
24 Then Yahweh’s angel stood in a narrow path between the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side.
25 And the donkey, seeing this, drew herself close to the wall and scraped the foot of the rider. So he beat her again.
25 The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel, and she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. He struck her again.
26 And, nevertheless, the Angel passing on to a narrow place, where one would not be able to deviate either to the right or to the left, stood to meet him.
26 Yahweh’s angel went further, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left.
27 And when the donkey had seen the Angel standing there, she fell under the feet of the rider, who, being angry, struck her sides more vehemently with a club.
27 The donkey saw Yahweh’s angel, and she lay down under Balaam. Balaam’s anger burned, and he struck the donkey with his staff.
28 And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said: “What have I done to you? Why do strike you me, behold now, for the third time?”
28 Yahweh opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, “What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?”
29 Balaam responded, “Because you have deserved it, and you have mistreated me. If only I had a sword, so that I might pierce you.”
29 Balaam said to the donkey, “Because you have mocked me, I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would have killed you.”
30 The donkey said: “Am not I your animal, on which you have always been accustomed to sit, even until this present day? Tell me, when did I ever do the same thing to you.” But he said, “Never.”
30 The donkey said to Balaam, “Am I not your donkey, on which you have ridden all your life long until today? Was I ever in the habit of doing so to you?” He said, “No.”
31 Immediately, the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the Angel standing in the way with a drawn sword, and he reverenced him prone on the ground.
31 Then Yahweh opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw Yahweh’s angel standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face.
32 And the Angel said to him: “Why did you beat your donkey three times? I have come to be an adversary to you, because your way is perverse and contrary to me.
32 Yahweh’s angel said to him, “Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way is perverse before me.
33 And unless the donkey had turned aside from the way, allowing a place for my opposition, I would have killed you, and she would have lived.”
33 The donkey saw me, and turned away before me these three times. Unless she had turned away from me, surely now I would have killed you, and saved her alive.”
34 Balaam said: “I have sinned, not knowing that you stood against me. And now, if it displeases you for me to continue on, I will return.”
34 Balaam said to Yahweh’s angel, “I have sinned; for I didn’t know that you stood in the way against me. Now therefore, if it displeases you, I will go back again.”
35 The Angel said, “Go with them, but be careful not to speak anything other than what I shall instruct you.” And so, he went with the leaders.
35 Yahweh’s angel said to Balaam, “Go with the men; but you shall only speak the word that I shall speak to you.” So Balaam went with the princes of Balak.
36 And when Balak had heard it, he went out to meet him in a town of the Moabites, which is situated at the furthest borders of Arnon.
36 When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab, which is on the border of the Arnon, which is in the utmost part of the border.
37 And he said to Balaam: “I sent messengers to call you. Why did you not come to me immediately? Was it because I am not able to pay the cost for your arrival?”
37 Balak said to Balaam, “Didn’t I earnestly send for you to summon you? Why didn’t you come to me? Am I not able indeed to promote you to honor?”
38 He answered him: “Behold, here I am. Am I able to speak anything other than what God will put into my mouth?”
38 Balaam said to Balak, “Behold, I have come to you. Have I now any power at all to speak anything? I will speak the word that God puts in my mouth.”
39 Therefore, they continued on together, and they arrived at a city, which was at the furthest borders of his kingdom.
39 Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath Huzoth.
40 And after Balak had killed oxen and sheep, he sent the gifts to Balaam, and to the leaders who were with him.
40 Balak sacrificed cattle and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him.
41 Then, when morning arrived, he led him to the heights of Baal, and he gazed upon the most distant portions of the population.
41 In the morning, Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal; and he saw from there part of the people.
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Personas
Balaam
The son of Beor from Pethor, hired by Balak to curse Israel, who could only bless Israel after the angel of the LORD stopped his donkey, and who was later killed by the sword…
Citado en la guía: Numbers 22:5; Numbers 22:12; Numbers 24:3
Balak
The son of Zippor and king of Moab, who feared Israel and hired Balaam to curse them, but each oracle from the high places turned into a blessing.
Citado en la guía: Numbers 22:2; Numbers 22:4; Numbers 23:2
Beor
The father of the diviner Balaam, whose home was Pethor by the Euphrates.
Citado en la guía: Numbers 22:5; Numbers 24:3; Deuteronomy 23:4
Zippor
The father of Balak, king of Moab.
Citado en la guía: Numbers 22:2; Numbers 22:4; Joshua 24:9
Referencias cruzadas (36)
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- 1 Números 33:48–50; Números 32:19; Josué 3:16; Números 21:20; Deuteronomio 34:1
- 2 Jueces 11:25; Números 21:20–35; Números 21:3
- 3 Éxodo 15:15; Isaías 23:5; Josué 9:24; Josué 2:10–11; Deuteronomio 2:25
- 4 Números 25:15–18; Números 31:8; Jeremías 48:38; Números 22:2; Josué 13:21–22
- 5 Deuteronomio 23:4; Miqueas 6:5; Josué 24:9; Judas 11; Números 23:7
- 6 Números 24:9; Números 23:7–8; 1 Reyes 22:13; 1 Samuel 17:43; Génesis 12:3
- 7 Miqueas 3:11; 1 Samuel 9:7–8; 2 Pedro 2:15; Isaías 56:11; 1 Timoteo 6:9–10
- 8 Números 23:12; Números 22:19–20; Jeremías 12:2; Números 12:6; Ezequiel 33:31
- 9 Génesis 20:3; Números 22:20; Génesis 3:9–11; Daniel 4:31–32; Éxodo 4:2
- 12 Deuteronomio 23:5; Efesios 1:3; Romanos 11:29; Números 23:19–20; Génesis 12:2
- 13 Números 22:14; Deuteronomio 23:5
- 14 Números 22:13; Números 22:37
- 15 Hechos 10:7–8; Números 22:7–8
- 17 Números 24:11; Mateo 4:8–9; Números 23:2–3; Ester 7:9; Deuteronomio 16:9
- 18 Números 24:13; 2 Crónicas 18:13; 1 Reyes 22:14; Números 23:26; Números 22:38
- 19 Judas 11; 2 Pedro 2:15; 2 Pedro 2:3; 1 Timoteo 6:9–10; Números 22:7–8
- 20 Números 24:13; Números 23:26; Números 23:12; Números 22:35; 2 Tesalonicenses 2:9–12
- 21 Proverbios 1:15–16
- 22 Lamentaciones 2:4; Números 22:32; Éxodo 4:24; Éxodo 23:20; Oseas 12:4–5
- 23 Judas 11; 2 Pedro 2:16; 1 Corintios 1:27–29; Jeremías 8:7; Hechos 22:9
- 25 Job 5:13–15; Isaías 47:12
- 26 Oseas 2:6; Isaías 26:11
- 27 Proverbios 14:16; Santiago 1:19; Proverbios 27:3–4
- 28 2 Pedro 2:16; Lucas 1:37; Éxodo 4:11; 1 Corintios 1:19; Romanos 8:22
- 29 Proverbios 12:10; Proverbios 12:16; Mateo 15:19; Eclesiastés 9:3
- 30 2 Pedro 2:16; 1 Corintios 1:27–28
- 31 Génesis 21:19; Lucas 24:31; Hechos 26:18; Números 24:16; Números 24:4
- 32 Proverbios 28:18; Números 22:22; Hechos 13:10; Proverbios 14:2; Proverbios 28:6
- 33 Números 16:33–35; Números 14:37; 1 Reyes 13:24–28
- 34 1 Samuel 15:24; Job 34:31–32; 2 Samuel 12:13; 1 Samuel 15:30; 1 Samuel 26:21
- 35 2 Tesalonicenses 2:9–12; Isaías 37:26–29; Salmo 81:12; Números 22:20–21
- 36 Hechos 28:15; Jeremías 48:20; Isaías 16:2; Deuteronomio 2:24; Génesis 18:2
- 37 Números 24:11; Juan 5:44; Mateo 4:8–9; Salmo 75:6; Lucas 4:6
- 38 Números 22:18; Proverbios 19:21; Números 23:26; Números 23:16; 1 Reyes 22:14
- 40 Números 23:14; Proverbios 1:16; Génesis 31:54; Números 23:30; Números 23:2
- 41 Números 23:13; Números 25:2–3; Números 21:28; Deuteronomio 12:2; Jeremías 48:35
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"Thou shall not go with them, neither shalt thou curse the people." He does not hint at anything with regard to the people, for they all lay before his view, but [he refers] to the mystery of Christ pointed out beforehand.