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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 24:14

And now, behold, I go unto my people: come [therefore, and] I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.

Ver. 14. I will advertise thee,] viz., What to do; as he did. Num 31:16 Parasites propound to princes, suavia potius quam sana consilia, pleasing but pestilent counsel, and so do officiously mischieve them; as the dragon is said to bite the elephant's ear, and there hence to suck his blood, that being the only place that he cannot reach with his trunk to defend.

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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