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Verse Numbers 24:9. _HE COUCHED, HE LAY DOWN AS A LION, C._] See the
original terms explained Numbers 23:24.
These oracles, delivered by Balaam, are evident prophecies of the
victories which the Isr...
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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 THIRD ORACLE. This varies the tenor of the two previous
utterances by dwelling upon the fertility of Israel's soil, and the
eminence of its ruler. It was probably constructed, like the preced...
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HE COUCHED, &C. Compare Genesis 49:9.
CURSED... CURSETH. Hebrew. _'arar,_ execrate, chiefly as to its
effect. See notes on Numbers 22:11; Numbers 23:8....
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_Balaam's first prophetic message_. In its present form this consists
of nine couplets and two triplets. But the text has undergone
corruption, and perhaps there were originally eleven couplets....
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_Blessed be every one_&c. The clauses occur inverted in Genesis 27:29....
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DISCOURSE: 175
BALAAM’S THIRD ATTEMPT TO CURSE ISRAEL
Numbers 24:5; Numbers 24:9. _How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and
thy tabernacles, O Israel! — — — Blessed is he that blesseth
thee; and cursed...
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HE COUCHED, HE LAY DOWN AS A LION— This verse, as well as the 24th
of the former chapter, refers to the entire victory which the
Israelites should obtain over their enemies, and to their perfect and
q...
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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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_HE COUCHED, HE LAY DOWN AS A LION, AND AS A GREAT LION: WHO SHALL
STIR HIM UP? BLESSED IS HE THAT BLESSETH THEE, AND CURSED IS HE THAT
CURSETH THEE._
As a lion ... х_ KA'ARIY_ (H738), from _ 'AARAAH...
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BALAAM (CONTINUED)
1-9. Balaam's Third Utterance....
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BLESSED _is_ HE, etc.] cp. Genesis 12:8; Genesis 27:29.
10-14. Balak in anger dismisses Balaam, who before departing predicts
the destruction of Moab and other nations by Israel.
15-24. Balaam's Four...
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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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HE COUCHED, HE LAY DOWN AS A LION, AND AS A GREAT LION. — The Hebrew
_labi_ (great lion) should be rendered “a lioness,” as in Numbers
23:24. The image of a lion connects this verse with the preceding...
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כָּרַ֨ע שָׁכַ֧ב כַּ אֲרִ֛י וּ כְ
לָבִ֖יא
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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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_Lioness. See ver. 22, 24, of the preceeding chapter. (Haydock) ---
This prediction was accomplished under the reigns of David and of
Solomon. (Menochius)_...
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If those beautiful words be considered prophetically as undoubtedly
they were intended, what a volume of rich mercies, both temporal and
spiritual, is contained in them. The Israel of GOD shall prevai...
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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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9._Blessed is he that blesseth thee. _This mode of expression
signifies that the Israelites were elected by God, on these terms,
that He would account as conferred upon Himself whatever injury or
bene...
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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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HE COUCHED,.... Which may respect the posture of the armies of Israel
in the plains of Moab:
HE LAY DOWN AS A LION, AND AS A GREAT LION; as he would do, and did in
the land of Canaan, when conquered...
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_He shall eat up the nations_, &c. The expressions in these verses are
intended to signify the victories which the Israelites should gain
over their enemies, and particularly the Canaanites, and the s...
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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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He couched, he lay down as a lion and as a great lion; who shall stir
him up? Cf Genesis 49:9. BLESSED IS HE THAT BLESSETH THEE, AND CURSED
IS HE THAT CURSETH THEE. This last contained a warning to Ba...
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A THIRD BLESSING...
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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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Having conquered his enemies the Canaanites, and their land, he shall
quietly and securely rest and settle himself there. STIR HIM UP, i.e.
awake or provoke him....
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Numbers 24:9 down H3766 (H8804) down H7901 (H8804) lion H738 lion
H3833 rouse H6965 (H8686) Blessed...
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Numbers 24:3 (3a-9)
‘And he took up his incantation (parable), and said,'
Here he begins with what was clearly his normal way of going into deep
trance and follows it with a series of contrasts pres...
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Numbers 24:9
I. These were the words of the Eastern sage, as he looked down from
the mountain height upon the camp of Israel, abiding among the groves
of the lowland according to their tribes in order...
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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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_Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth
thee._
GOD WILL BE MERCIFUL TO SUCH AS BE MERCIFUL TO THE CHURCH
God will bless those that do good to His people, they shall not lose...
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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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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 24:9 Balak, by demanding a curse on Israel,
will himself be CURSED (see v. Numbers 24:17)....
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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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Acts 9:5; Genesis 12:3; Genesis 27:29; Genesis 49:9; Job 38:39;...
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He lay down — Having conquered his enemies the Canaanites, and their
land, he shall quietly rest and settle himself there....