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THE PARABLES OF BALAAM
Chapter S 23-24
_ 1. The first parable (Numbers 23:1)_
2. Balak's surprise and Balaam's answer (Numbers 23:11)
3. At Zophim (Numbers 23:13)
4. The second parable
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NUMBERS 23:25 TO NUMBERS 24:2. BALAK'S SACRIFICES PRELIMINARY TO
BALAAM'S THIRD ORACLE. The scene of these was Peor, some mountain
overlooking the desert bordering the Dead Sea on the W. The
inconsist...
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Balak in his anger refuses to allow Balaam to make any further
utterances about Israel, either to curse or to bless. Balaam reminds
him of his reiterated statement that he could only say what Jehovah...
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F. THE THIRD BLESSING vv. 25-30
TEXT
Numbers 23:25. And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all,
nor bless them at all. 26. But Balaam answered and said unto Balak,
Told not I thee, saying,...
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BALAAM (CONTINUED)
1-10. First Utterance of Balaam....
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 23
BALAAM’S FIRST *PROPHECY – NUMBERS 23:1-12
V1 Balaam said to Balak, ‘Build 7 *altars here. Then bring to
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וַ יַּ֣עַן בִּלְעָ֔ם וַ יֹּ֖אמֶר אֶל
־בָּלָ֑ק
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NO ENCHANTMENT AGAINST ISRAEL
Numbers 23:13
Balak was surprised and disappointed. He therefore bethought himself
of limiting the seer's vision, so that he might see an attenuated
Israel from a height...
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The first of Balaam's prophecies was uttered in the midst of strange
surroundings.
Sacrifices were offered to heathen gods, while Balaam turned aside to
inquire of Jehovah. The result was that we hav...
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Nothing can be more evident, I think, from the perusal of the whole
conference between Balak and Balaam, than that Balak was satisfied of
Balaam's wish to oblige him with cursing Israel, had he dared...
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The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their
neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a
striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
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_AN UNWILLING SERVANT OF GOD_
‘But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying,
All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?’
Numbers 23:26
I. WITH ALL THE FAVOURABLE TRAITS WHICH M...
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26._But Balaam answered and said. _The mercenary prophet here
confesses that he has no more power of himself to be silent than to
speak. Nor is there any doubt but that he would excuse himself with
se...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25.
Moab also opposes in vain. Now they are in the plains of Moab, having
only Jordan between them and the land of their rest. But had they a...
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BUT BALAAM ANSWERED AND SAID UNTO BALAK, TOLD NOT I THEE,.... He
appeals to him for his honesty and faithfulness, for honest and
faithful he would be thought to be, both to God and man; that when he
f...
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But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All
that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
Ver. 26. _That I must do._] Though with no goodwill. Devils and wicked
men do God's will;...
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1.13.28 Balaks sacrifice. 7.18 Balaams parable.
1 AND Balaam saide vnto Balak, Build me here seuen Altars, and prepare
mee here seuen oxen, and seuen rammes.
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken, an...
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But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All
that the Lord speaketh, that I must do? He was still under the
influence of the terror of the Lord and must set aside all personal...
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The Second Sacrifice and Prophetic Utterance....
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BALAAM'S FIRST PROPHECY
(vs.1-12)
THE SANCTIFICATION OF ISRAEL
Chapter 22:41 tells us that Balak brought Balaam to the high places of
Baal in order to prophecy against Israel. Here he observed onl...
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11-30 Balak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's
overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion
of a wicked prince. A second time the curse is turned into a blessin...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Numbers 23:26 Balaam H1109 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799)
Balak H1111 tell H1696 (H8765) saying...
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Numbers 23:18 (18a-24)
‘And he took up his incantation (parable),'
Once again Balaam gave out his incantation. Note even here the
chiastic construction.
Numbers 23:18 (18b-24)
“Rise up, Balak, and...
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Numbers 23:26
I. With all the favourable traits which may be noticed in the
character of Balaam, the features of his besetting sin are plainly
marked. The power of money over him seems to have been kn...
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CONTENTS: Balaam blesses instead of curses Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Balaam, Balak.
CONCLUSION: Those who have the good will of heaven may expect the ill
will of hell but God will not suffer real inj...
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Numbers 23:1. _Seven altars._ The Lord commanded Job's friends to take
seven bullocks and seven rams, offered no doubt on seven altars: Job
42:8. This was the highest sacrifice a nation could present....
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 23:13 Balaam observes that GOD does not
CHANGE HIS MIND, so the blessing already pronounced cannot be turned
into a curse (vv....
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
Numbers 23:1. _Build me here seven altars_. “As _seven_ was a number
of perfection, Balaam chose it on this occasion, because he intended
to offer a grand sacrifice, and...
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NUMBERS 23:1
BUILD ME HERE SEVEN ALTARS. According to the common opinion of the
heathen, it was necessary to propitiate with sacrifices the God with
whom they had to do, and if possible to secure his...
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Numbers 23:1-30 And God met Balaam: and Balaam said to him, I have
prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock
and a ram. And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said,...
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1 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 18:13; Acts 4:19; Acts 4:20; Acts 5:29;...