Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Numbers 24:9
He lay down — Having conquered his enemies the Canaanites, and their land, he shall quietly rest and settle himself there.
He lay down — Having conquered his enemies the Canaanites, and their land, he shall quietly rest and settle himself there.
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...
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
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...
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....
_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....
_Blessed be every one_&c. The clauses occur inverted in Genesis 27:29....
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...
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...
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...
_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...
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...
BALAAM (CONTINUED) 1-9. Balaam's Third Utterance....
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
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...
כָּרַ֨ע שָׁכַ֧ב כַּ אֲרִ֛י וּ כְ לָבִ֖יא
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,...
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-...
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...
_Lioness. See ver. 22, 24, of the preceeding chapter. (Haydock) --- This prediction was accomplished under the reigns of David and of Solomon. (Menochius)_...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. Ver. 9. _He lay down as a lion._] _See Trapp o...
_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...
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...
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...
A THIRD BLESSING...
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...
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...
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....
Numbers 24:9 down H3766 (H8804) down H7901 (H8804) lion H738 lion H3833 rouse H6965 (H8686) Blessed...
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...
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...
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....
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...
_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...
_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...
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
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 24:9 Balak, by demanding a curse on Israel, will himself be CURSED (see v. Numbers 24:17)....
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...
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...
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...
Acts 9:5; Genesis 12:3; Genesis 27:29; Genesis 49:9; Job 38:39;...