Study it in the app“My people, remember, please, what Balak king of Moab counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and of what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of YHWH.””
My people,עַמִּיremember,זְכָרplease,נָאwhatמַהBalakבָּלָקkingמֶלֶךְof Moabמוֹאָבcounseled,יָּעַץand whatוּמֶהBalaamבִּלְעָםsonבֶּןof Beorבְּעוֹרansweredעָנָהhim,אֹתוֹand of what happened fromמִןShittimהַשִּׁטִּיםtoעַדGilgal,הַגִּלְגָּלso thatלְמַעַןyou may knowדַּעַתthe righteous actsצִדְקוֹתof YHWH.”יְהוָה
Ammi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearsremember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zechar” appearsBalak
Balak, king of Moab in the time of Moses. The name means "devastator."
Where else “balak” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsMoab
See it on the mapWhere else “moav” appearsplan
To form a plan in the mind and resolve to carry it out.
Where else “yaats” appearsBalaam
Balaam, a diviner from Mesopotamia whom the king of Moab called to curse Israel. The name perhaps means "not of the people," that is, a foreigner.
Where else “bilam” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsBeor
Beor, the father of Bela, king of Edom, and the father of Balaam.
Where else “beor” appearsanswer
To reply to what was said.
Where else “ana” appearsShittim
Shittim, a place east of the Jordan where Israel camped before crossing it. The name means "acacias."
Where else “shitim” appearsGilgal
See it on the mapWhere else “gilgal” appearsknow a person
To know someone.
Where else “daat” appearsrighteous deeds
Doing what is just, upright deeds.
Where else “tsidkot” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears1Moab
Today: western Jordan, east of the Dead Sea
The land east of the Dead Sea, in present-day Jordan.
The Moabites came from a son of Lot (Gen 19:37). Ruth came from Moab (Ruth 1:1-4), and Moses died in its territory (Deut 34:5).
2Gilgal ?
Today: disputed; near Jericho, West Bank
A place near Jericho in the Jordan valley; the exact site is not certain.
Israel camped there after crossing the Jordan and set up twelve stones (Josh 4:19-20). Saul was confirmed as king there (1 Sam 11:15).
4For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and from the house of slaves I ransomed you, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
5 · This verse (above)
6With what shall I come before YHWH, and bow myself before the Elohim on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old?
