32<\/strong>. thy<\/em> [lit. the<\/em> ] way is<\/em> headlong<\/strong> ] The word, however, is doubtful. Perhaps we should read for , ‘thou hast precipitated [undertaken precipitately] the journey.’<\/p>\n Is perverse – <\/B>Rather, is headlong. Compare Peters words 2Pe 2:16<\/span>, the madness of the prophet.<\/P> <\/p>\n Howsoever thou mayst deceive thyself or others, I see the perverseness of thy heart and way, the wickedness of thy design and desires in this journey, which thou hast undertaken, not to please me, but to gratify Balak, and, if it be possible, to curse my people. <\/P> <\/p>\n And the angel of the Lord said unto him<\/strong>,…. When risen up, and standing before him:<\/p>\n wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times<\/strong>? the brute creatures are not to be beaten without cause, nor to be misused and abused by men, even their owners:<\/p>\n behold, I went out to withstand thee<\/strong>; the ass was not to be blamed, nor to be beaten for turning aside, or lying down, it was I that stood in the way, and hindered its going forward, and this was done by me on purpose to oppose and stop thee:<\/p>\n because thy way is perverse before me<\/strong>; the journey he took was not with his good liking and approbation, and especially seeing he went with an intention, if possible, to serve Balak, and curse Israel; the way of his heart was bad, which the Lord knew; it was not directed according to his will, but swerved from it; the Targum of Jonathan is,<\/p>\n “it is manifest before me that thou seekest to go and curse the people, and the thing is not agreeable to me.”<\/p>\n To humble him deeply and inwardly, the Lord help up before him the injustice of his cruel treatment of the ass, and told him at the same time that it had saved his life by turning out of the way. “ I have come out,<\/em> ” said the angel of the Lord, “ as an adversary; for the way leads headlong into destruction before me;<\/em> ” i.e., the way which thou art going is leading thee, in my eyes, in my view, into destruction. , to plunge, sc., into destruction, both here, and also in Job 16:11<\/span>, the only other passage in which it occurs.<\/p>\n (32) Because thy way is perverse before me.<\/strong>Or, because the way leads to destruction in my sight. 32<\/strong>. <\/strong> Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass <\/strong> That God cares for the well being of the brutes is shown by the fact that the first words of the angel of the Lord are a reproof for the abuse of the ass. <\/p>\n To withstand thee <\/strong> Hebrew, to be Satan, <\/em> that is, adversary unto thee. <\/em> The name Satan <\/em> is here given to a good angel who opposes himself to Balaam, both for the sake of Israel and of Balaam himself. But the devil <\/em> is called Satan <\/em> because he arrays himself against God and his people. <\/p>\n Thy way is perverse <\/strong> He had formed the purpose to curse Israel. See Num 22:22<\/span>, note. As Balaam smote the beast for turning from the way of his master, so Jehovah would have rightfully smitten to death Balaam for turning in his heart aside from the Lord’s way.<\/p>\n Num 22:32<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Because thy way is perverse before me<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> There is great difficulty, says Psalmanazar, in fixing the true meaning of the word iretni: <\/em>He (God) hath given me over, <\/em>or shut me up into the hands of the wicked, <\/em>as our version renders it; or, as it might be still more literally expressed, He hath bowed me down by the hands of the wicked; alluding, as the context seems to hint, to the depredations which Job had suffered from the plundering Sabaeans, &c. mentioned Job, Job 1:15<\/span>; Job 1:17<\/span>. According to which sense, the expression made use of by the angel, Tret haderek lenegdi, thy way, or view, is base and low in my eyes, <\/em>from the context, may thus be paraphrased: “Because thou hast stooped so low as to prostitute thy prophetic office to thine own selfish views, and hast hired thyself to curse that very people whom thou wert told by God himself were the objects of his favour, nay, and to make use of all thy enchantings and arts, so that thou mightest but obtain the wages of unrighteousness.” The celebrated Mr. Schultens proves by divers authorities, that the word iaret, <\/em>signifies, properly, a way from which one cannot extricate one’s self, and which leads to destruction. See his Commentary on Job 16:11<\/span>. According to which, the sense is, “I oppose myself to thee, because thou art going to cast thyself into destruction, from which thou canst not be extricated.” <\/p>\n How striking and unanswerable are the divine remonstrances. See another instance: Gen 4:7<\/span> . And depend upon it, in the end of the day, the wicked will be found speechless, and without excuse.<\/p>\n Num 22:32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because [thy] way is perverse before me:<\/p>\n Ver. 32. Because thy way is perverse.<\/strong> ] Thou art resolved to curse howsoever, and not to lose so fair a preferment, which he must needs buy at a dear rate that pays his honesty for it. Better a great deal lie in the dust, than rise by such ill principles. I shall shut up with that excellent prayer of Zuinglius: a<\/em> Deum Opt. Max. precor, ut vias nostras dirigat: ac sicubi simus Bileami in morem, veritati pertinaciter obluctaturi, angelum suum opponat, qui machaerae suae minis hunc asinum, inscitiam et audaciam dico nostram sic ad maceriam affigat, ut fractum pedem, hoc est, impurum illicitumque carnis sensum auferamus, nec ultra blasphememus nomen Domini Dei nostri.<\/em> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Zuing., Epist., <\/em> lib. tertio.<\/p>\n said. See note on Num 3:40. <\/p>\n Wherefore . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. <\/p>\n behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. <\/p>\n to withstand = to be an adversary, as in Num 22:22. <\/p>\n perverse. Hebrew. ‘avil. Occurs only here and Job 16:11 (ungodly). <\/p>\n Wherefore: Num 22:28, Deu 25:4, Psa 36:6, Psa 145:9, Psa 147:9, Jon 4:11 <\/p>\n withstand thee: Heb. be an adversary unto thee, Num 22:22 <\/p>\n thy way: Deu 23:4, Pro 28:6, Mic 6:5, Act 13:10, 2Pe 2:14, 2Pe 2:15 <\/p>\n before me: Num 22:20, Num 22:22, Num 22:35, Exo 3:2-6, Pro 14:2, Pro 28:18 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 8:1 – the cattle Ecc 11:9 – walk Jer 3:21 – for they have<\/p>\n 22:32 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because [thy] {p} way is perverse before me:<\/p>\n (p) Both your heart is corrupt and your enterprise wicked.<\/p>\n And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because [thy] way is perverse before me: 32. thy [lit. the ] way is headlong ] The word, however, is doubtful. 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