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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Numbers 22:34

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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I have sinned . . . if it displease thee, I will get me back again--Notwithstanding this confession, he evinced no spirit of penitence, as he speaks of desisting only from the outward act. The words "go with the men" was a mere withdrawal of further restraint, but the terms in which leave was given are more absolute and peremptory than those in Num 22:20.
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