# God came to Balaam

"God appeared to Balaam"

# Who are these men who came to you?

Yahweh uses a question to introduce a new topic of conversation. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "Tell me about these men who came to you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# Balak ... Zippor

These are the names of men. See how you translated these in [Numbers 22:2](./02.md).

# Look, the people ... drive them out

Balaam restates the message that Balak sent to him. See how you translated many of these phrases in [Numbers 22:5-6](./05.md).

# drive them out

"chase them away"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/balaam]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/moab]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt]]