Num 24:14 | NET2full | STEP | And now , I am about to go back to my own people . Come now, and I will advise you as to what this people will do to your people in future days .”

‏ Numbers 24:14

14 And now, I am about to go ^{▼▼tn The construction is the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh) suffixed followed by the active participle. This is the futur instans use of the participle, to express something that is about to happen: “I am about to go.”} back to my own people. Come now, and I will advise you as to what this people will do to your people in future days.” ^{▼▼tn For “in future days,” see the note at Gen 49:1. For more on this expression, see E. Lipiński, “באחרית הימים dans les textes préexiliques,” VT 20 (1970): 445-50.}

‏ Numbers 24:14

Balaam Prophesies a Fourth Time