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I HAVE RECEIVED COMMANDMENT TO BLESS - literally, “I have received
to bless.” The reason of his blessing lay in the augury which he
acknowledged, and in the divine overruling impulse which he could no...
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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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BALAAM'S SECOND ORACLE. This goes beyond the preceding in frustrating
the hopes of Balak, for it declares that God has not only not cursed
Israel, but has positively blessed it, and describes Israel's...
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HE HATH BLESSED. Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint read "I will
bless"....
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_Balaam's second prophetic message_. This consists of eleven, or (see
on Numbers 23:23) more probably ten, couplets. Balaam declares that
God will never change His mind (as Balak had thought, Numbers...
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_And_ IF HE BLESSETH, THEN _I cannot reverse it_ It is not necessary
to read, with LXX., -and I will bless....
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DISCOURSE: 173
BALAAM’S SECOND ATTEMPT TO CURSE ISRAEL
Numbers 23:18. And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak,
and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: God is not a man, that
he sho...
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E. BALAAM'S SECOND BLESSING vv. 13-24
TEXT
Numbers 23:13. And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me to
another place, from whence thou mayest see them, and shalt not see
them all: and curse...
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_AND HE TOOK UP HIS PARABLE, AND SAID, RISE UP, BALAK, AND HEAR;
HEARKEN UNTO ME, THOU SON OF ZIPPOR:_
_ `Rise up, Balak, and hear! Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippori! God
is not a man, that he sho...
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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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הִנֵּ֥ה בָרֵ֖ךְ לָקָ֑חְתִּי וּ
בֵרֵ֖ךְ וְ לֹ֥
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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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These are very precious truths; and doubly so when read with an eye to
the evidence they bring with them, as they are in JESUS. In the
covenant relationship of GOD in CHRIST, the word, the oath, the
p...
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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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20._Behold I have received commandment to bless. _He signifies that a
command to bless had been given him, antl a positive law laid down for
him. For, as has been said, he was not free and independent...
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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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BEHOLD, I HAVE RECEIVED [COMMANDMENT] TO BLESS,.... The people of
Israel, to pronounce a blessing upon them, to declare them a happy
people:
AND HE HATH BLESSED, AND I CANNOT REVERSE IT; God has bles...
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Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed;
and I cannot reverse it.
Ver. 20. _Behold, I have, &c._] A bad man may bless by command from
God, and he say Amen to it. The preci...
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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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Behold, I have received commandment to bless, and He hath blessed; and
I cannot reverse it. The unchangeability of the divine counsels is a
necessary consequence of the divine faithfulness, as an expr...
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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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Or, _I have received a blessing_, to wit, a sentence of blessing,
which God hath put into my mind and mouth, and which I cannot forbear
to utter. Heb. _I have received to bless_. The infinitive put fo...
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Numbers 23:20 received H3947 (H8804) bless H1288 (H8763) blessed H1288
(H8765) reverse H7725 (H8686)...
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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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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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_He hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it._
IMMUTABLE BENEDICTIONS
I. Blessings are decreed for the people of God. The difficulty of
believing in the glorious truth of the supreme blessedness of the...
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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 Peter 1:5; Genesis 12:2; Genesis 22:17; John 10:27; Numbers 22:12;...