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III. EVENTS IN THE PLAIN OF MOAB FACING THE LAND
1. Balak and Balaam and Balaam's Parables
CHAPTER 22
_ 1. Balak's message to Balaam (Numbers 22:1)_
2. The journey of Balaam (Numbers 22:21)
3. Ba...
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BALAAM'S JOURNEY TO BALAK WITHOUT GOD'S CONSENT. This section is
clearly not the sequel of the preceding, but the continuation of
Numbers 22:5, and (as far as Numbers 22:34) is derived from J. Balaam...
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Jehovah was angry with Balaam for going, and His -Angel" hindered him
on the way....
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C. BALAAM YIELDS TO BALAK vv. 15-41
TEXT
Numbers 22:15. And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more
honorable than they. 16. And they came to Balaam, and said to him,
Thus saith Balak the son of...
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_AND WHEN THE ASS SAW THE ANGEL OF THE LORD, SHE THRUST HERSELF UNTO
THE WALL, AND CRUSHED BALAAM'S FOOT AGAINST THE WALL: AND HE SMOTE HER
AGAIN._
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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BALAAM
The Israelites now enter upon the last stage of their journey to
Canaan. They are within sight of the land of promise, being encamped
at the northern end of the Dead Sea, near the mouth of the...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 22
THE KING OF THE COUNTRY CALLED MOAB REQUESTS BALAAM’S HELP –
NUMBERS 22:1-14
V1 The *Israelites travelle
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וַ תֵּ֤רֶא הָֽ אָתֹון֙ אֶת ־מַלְאַ֣ךְ
יְהוָ֔ה
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BALAAM ON THE WAY
Numbers 22:20
THE history is moving towards a great vindication of Israel and
prediction of its coming power, all the more impressive that they are
to be wrung from an unwilling wit...
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BALAAM WARNED WHAT TO SPEAK
Numbers 22:21
If only Balaam had abided by his first answer to Balak's request, he
would have been saved from the disgrace and suffering which ensued.
But he seemed to thi...
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We now come to the story of BaIaarn. It is evident that he was a
remarkable personality. He appears in the story as a man of integrity,
who attempted a literal obedience to the will of God. We are arr...
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Were not all these providences intended as so many checks and calls
upon Balaam? Leviticus 26:21....
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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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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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AND WHEN THE ASS SAW THE ANGEL OF THE LORD,.... The third time; for it
seems that he was not always in sight, but disappeared as he removed
from place to place, and at every new place where he stood t...
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And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under
Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a
staff.
Ver. 27. _She fell down under Balaam._] And so "condemned" h...
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1 Balaks first message for Balaam is refused.
15 His second message obtaineth him.
22 An Angel would haue slaine him, if his asse had not saued him.
36 Balak intertaineth him.
1 AND the children o...
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BALAK HIRING BALAAM
(vs.1-21)
Still within Moab, Israel moved again to the plains and camped near
Jordan, across from Jericho. Moab had no power to withstand them,
however, though Balak, king of Moa...
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22-35 We must not think, that because God does not always by his
providence restrain men from sin, therefore he approves of it, or that
it is not hateful to him. The holy angels oppose sin, and perha...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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NUMBERS 24:1-25.
These three Chapter s form a distinct section of our book a truly
marvellous section, abounding in rich and varied instruction. In it we
have presented to us, first, the covetous prop...
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Numbers 22:27 donkey H860 saw H7200 (H8799) Angel H4397 LORD H3068
down H7257 (H8799) Balaam H1109 Balaams...
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THE ANGEL OF YAHWEH BARS THE WAY THREE TIMES (NUMBERS 22:22).
Numbers 22:22
‘And God's anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of
Yahweh placed himself in the way for an adversary against...
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CONTENTS: Balaam's visit to Balak and the strange warning on the way.
CHARACTERS: God, Balak, Balaam, Angel of Jehovah.
CONCLUSION: The enemies of God's people are restless and unwearied in
their at...
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Numbers 22:5. _To Pethor, which is by the river._ A Pethor was in
Mesopotamia; the river is thought to be the Euphrates, or one of its
branches, distant at least 500 miles from Moab. Deuteronomy 23:4....
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_If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them._
NO CONTRADICTION BETWEEN GOD’S TWO ANSWERS TO BALAAM
The first time God tells him not to go; the second time He bids him
go, but is angry wi...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 22:22 The episode with the donkey exposes
Balaam’s prophetic pretensions in a comical way: Balaam, the
international expert on magic, cannot see the angel, but his donkey
can!...
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
We now enter upon the last division of this Book, which comprises
fifteen Chapter s (22–36).
“In the steppes of Moab the Israelites encamped upon the border of
the Promi...
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EXPOSITION
THE COMING OF BALAAM (Numbers 22:2).
NUMBERS 22:2
BALAK THE SON OF ZIPPOR. The name Balak is connected with a word "to
make waste," and "Zippor" is a small bird. Balak was, as is
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AND so the children of Israel sat forward, and pitched in the plains
of Moab (Numbers 22:1)
Moving now south from this position.
on this side of the Jordan River [on the eastern side of the Jordan
Ri...
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Proverbs 14:16; Proverbs 27:3; Proverbs 27:4...
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THE WOES OF THE WICKED BALAAM
_Selections from Numbers 22:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
One of the things which sadden the soul is the way that not only
professing Christians, but real believing Christians...