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Verse Numbers 24:2. _THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAME UPON HIM._] This Divine
afflatus he had not expected on the present occasion, but God had not
yet declared the whole of his will....
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Balaam gazed over the camp of Israel that stretched before him, and
allowed the spectacle to work its own influence upon him....
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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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ACCORDING TO THEIR TRIBES. Compare Numbers 2.
THE SPIRIT OF GOD (Hebrew. _'Elohim)_. This expression occurs eight
times outside the books of Samuel (Genesis 1:2; Genesis 41:38;...
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Numbers 24:1-2. Balaam knew that Jehovah wished Israel to be blessed;
he did not therefore seek an omen to guide him, but began his
declaration at once....
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THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAME UPON HIM— That is, a prophetic influence from
God, whereby his mind was inspired to see and foretel future events.
Philo and others consider Balaam as merely passive in this aff...
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G. THE PROPHECY OF BALAAM (NUMBERS 24:1-9)
TEXT
Numbers 24:1. And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless
Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but
he set his fa...
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_AND BALAAM LIFTED UP HIS EYES, AND HE SAW ISRAEL ABIDING IN HIS TENTS
ACCORDING TO THEIR TRIBES; AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAME UPON HIM._
Balaam lifted up his eyes - a Hebrew phrase for earnest observa...
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BALAAM (CONTINUED)
1-9. Balaam's Third Utterance....
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THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAME UPON HIM] cp. 1 Samuel 19:20. The following
utterances are introduced in a more solemn manner (see Numbers 24:3;
Numbers 24:15), and are prophetic of the future....
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 24
BALAAM’S THIRD *PROPHECY – NUMBERS 24:1-14
V1 Balaam realised that the *LORD wanted to *bless the *Israe
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ABIDING IN HIS TENTS... — _i.e.,_ encamped according to the order
prescribed for the respective tribes. The cognate noun is rendered
_tabernacles_ in Numbers 24:5.
AND THE SPIRIT OF GOD CAME UPON HIM....
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וַ יִּשָּׂ֨א בִלְעָ֜ם אֶת ־עֵינָ֗יו
וַ יַּרְא
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BALAAM'S PARABLES
Numbers 22:39, Numbers 24:1
THE scene is now on some mountain of Moab from which the encampment of
the Hebrew tribes in the plain of the Jordan is fully visible. At
Kiriath-huzoth,...
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BALAAM'S VISION OF ISRAEL'S PROSPERITY
Numbers 24:1
In these remarkable words Balaam describes the condition and prospects
of God's people. They reveal the innermost thought which even a bad,
double-...
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From the closing sentences in chapter twenty-three we learn that
Balaam was taken to yet another place of vision, from whence he looked
on the desert. The Spirit of God came upon him and again he utte...
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The SPIRIT of GOD came upon him; that is upon him by an overruling,
constraining power, so as to prompt to a service his heart would
gladly have been excused from; but not in him, in a way of renewing...
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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 BALAAM LIFTED UP HIS EYES,.... Being on Mount Peor:
AND HE SAW ISRAEL ABIDING IN HIS TENTS ACCORDING TO THEIR TRIBES; in
that exact order in which they were directed to encamp under four
standard...
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And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding [in his
tents] according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
Ver. 2. _And the spirit of God came upon him._] A common spirit...
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_The Spirit of God came upon him_ And is it likely that the Spirit of
God would have come upon a sorcerer or enchanter? A prophetic
influence from God came upon him, whereby he was enabled to foresee...
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1 Balaam leauing diuinations, prophesieth the happinesse of Israel.
10 Balak in anger dismisseth him.
15 He prophesieth of the starre of Iacob, and the destruction of some
nations.
[BALAAM BLESSETH...
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BALAAM'S THIRD PROPHECY
(vs.1-13)
THE BEAUTY OF LIFE
At least Balaam had learned by now that the Lord had the unchangeable
purpose of blessing Israel, so this time he knew it was useless to
seek e...
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1-9 Now Balaam spake not his own sense, but the language of the
Spirit that came upon him. Many have their eyes open who have not
their hearts open; are enlightened, but not sanctified. That knowledg...
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ACCORDING TO THEIR TRIBES; in the order appointed, NUM 2. CAME UPON
HIM, i.e. inspired him to speak the following words, and so
constrained him again to bless those whom he desired to curse....
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Numbers 24:2 Balaam H1109 raised H5375 (H8799) eyes H5869 saw H7200
(H8799) Israel H3478 encamped H7931 ...
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CHAPTER 24 BALAAM'S FINAL FAILED ATTEMPT IS FOLLOWED BY VARIOUS
PROPHECIES.
Numbers 24:1
‘And when Balaam saw that it pleased Yahweh to bless Israel, he did
not go not, as at the other times, to mee...
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CONTENTS: Balaam foretells prosperity for Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Balaam, Balak.
CONCLUSION: Those who oppose God and His people will sooner or later
be made to see themselves wretchedly deceived....
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Numbers 24:7. _He shall pour the water._ This is a fine prediction of
the increase of Jacob's seed, and of the temporal blessings which
should fall to their lot. Agag, a perpetual name assumed by the...
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_He set his face toward the wilderness._
THE FACE SET TOWARD THE WILDERNESS
Evidently there is a change at this point in Balaam’s method.
Hitherto he has played the soothsayer. At last he confesses h...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 24:1 The mention of the Spirit of God
empowering Balaam (v. Numbers 24:2) shows the validity of Balaam’s
third blessing. Balaam describes himself as the
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
Numbers 24:1. _To seek for enchantments_. See Notes on Numbers 23:3;
Numbers 23:23.
_He set his face toward the wilderness, i.e._, towards the plains of
Moab, where the...
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NUMBERS 24:1
AS AT OTHER TIMES, or, "as (he had done) time after time." SEPTUAGINT,
κατὰ τὸ εἰωθός. TO SEEK FOR ENCHANTMENTS. Rather,
"for the meeting with aunties." לִקְמראת נְחַשִׁים.
Septuagint...
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So when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he didn't
even go up, as the other times before the LORD, [to seek the face or]
to seek for enchantments, but he just set his face towards...
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1 Samuel 10:10; 1 Samuel 19:20; 1 Samuel 19:23; 2 Chronicles 15:1;...
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Came upon him — Inspired him to speak the following words....