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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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BALAK'S SECOND SUMMONS TO BALAAM, AND YAHWEH'S CONSENT THAT HE SHOULD
GO. This section probably comes from E, and represents not a change of
purpose on the part of God, but a difference of attitude as...
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WENT. Without waiting for the condition given by the LORD in Numbers
22:20. Hence God's anger. See .
SABBATH.. special various reading called _Sevir_ (App-34), one early
printed edition, and Syriac, a...
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AND SADDLED HIS ASS— That is, according to the usual mode of
expression in Scripture, _caused his ass to be saddled;_ for he had
_servants_ to wait upon him. Persons of the highest rank, in those
time...
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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 BALAAM ROSE UP IN THE MORNING, AND SADDLED HIS ASS, AND WENT WITH
THE PRINCES OF MOAB._
Balaam ... saddled his ass. Probably one of the white sprightly
animals which persons of rank were accusto...
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22:21 ass, (c-11) 'She-ass,' all through....
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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 יָּ֤קָם בִּלְעָם֙ בַּ † בֹּ֔קֶר
וַֽ...
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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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I beg the Reader not to overlook in those verses, that Balaam's
permission to go, was on condition that the man called upon him again.
Whereas it doth not appear, that he was again invited, but that h...
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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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_BALAAM_
‘And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of
Balak, Get you into your land: for the Lord refuseth to give me leave
to go with you.… And Balaam rose up in the morning, and...
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_SELF-DECEPTION_
‘And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men
come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I
shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do,’ etc...
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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 ROSE UP IN THE MORNING,.... Early, not waiting for the call
of the princes, which showed how eager he was to be gone, and how
intent upon the journey:
AND SADDLED HIS ASS; which, if he did...
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_And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with
the princes of Moab._
Ver. 21. _And saddled his ass._] Which never runs fast enough after
preferment, till horse and man and all...
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_If the men come to call thee, rise up and go with them_ He had no
leave to go at all unless the messengers came again in the morning to
him. And, perhaps, if he had not gone to them, after having pro...
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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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THE SECOND INVITATION ACCEPTED...
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And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with.
the princes of Moab. Balaam is an example of warning, both in his
attitude toward God, from whom he obtained permission to go wit...
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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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15-21 A second embassy was sent to Balaam. It were well for us, if we
were as earnest and constant in prosecuting a good work,
notwithstanding disappointments. Balak laid a bait, not only for
Balaam'...
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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 22:21 Balaam H1109 rose H6965 (H8799) morning H1242 saddled
H2280 (H8799) donkey H860 went H3212 ...
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BALAAM THEREFORE GOES WITH THE CHIEFTAINS OF MOAB (NUMBERS 22:21).
Numbers 22:21
‘And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went
with the chieftains of Moab.'
As God had bidden hi...
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Numbers 22:20
In the story of Balaam we have a seeming contradiction. God said, "If
the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them," and yet "God's
anger was kindled because he went." How can t...
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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 22:15 Money becomes much more of an issue
(vv. Numbers 22:15), but again Balaam awaits God’s permission....
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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 1:15; Proverbs 1:16...
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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...