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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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I WILL BRING THEE UNTO ANOTHER PLACE— As the Syrians imagined that
some gods were powerful in the hills, who could do nothing in the
plains, 1 Kings 20:23; 1 Kings 20:28 so it seems there was such a
c...
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F. THE THIRD BLESSING vv. 25-30
TEXT
Numbers 23:25. And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all,
nor bless them at all. 26. But Balaam answered and said unto Balak,
Told not I thee, saying,...
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_AND BALAK SAID UNTO BALAAM, COME, I PRAY THEE, I WILL BRING THEE UNTO
ANOTHER PLACE; PERADVENTURE IT WILL PLEASE GOD THAT THOU MAYEST CURSE
ME THEM FROM THENCE._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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BALAAM (CONTINUED)
1-10. First Utterance of Balaam....
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 23
BALAAM’S FIRST *PROPHECY – NUMBERS 23:1-12
V1 Balaam said to Balak, ‘Build 7 *altars here. Then bring to
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PERADVENTURE IT WILL PLEASE GOD... — Here Balak makes mention of God
as _Elohim._ He appears to be satisfied that Balaam was hindered by
God from uttering the curses which he desired him to pronounce...
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וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר בָּלָק֙ אֶל ־בִּלְעָ֔ם
לְכָה ־נָּ
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NO ENCHANTMENT AGAINST ISRAEL
Numbers 23:13
Balak was surprised and disappointed. He therefore bethought himself
of limiting the seer's vision, so that he might see an attenuated
Israel from a height...
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The first of Balaam's prophecies was uttered in the midst of strange
surroundings.
Sacrifices were offered to heathen gods, while Balaam turned aside to
inquire of Jehovah. The result was that we hav...
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And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto
another (l) place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest
curse me them from thence.
(l) Thus the wicked imagine of God...
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Nothing can be more evident, I think, from the perusal of the whole
conference between Balak and Balaam, than that Balak was satisfied of
Balaam's wish to oblige him with cursing Israel, had he dared...
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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 BALAK SAID UNTO BALAAM, COME, I PRAY THEE,.... Come along with me:
I will bring thee unto another place: if not better for the view of
the people, yet a more religious place, on which account the...
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And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto
another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse
me them from thence.
Ver. 27. _Peradventure it will please...
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1.13.28 Balaks sacrifice. 7.18 Balaams parable.
1 AND Balaam saide vnto Balak, Build me here seuen Altars, and prepare
mee here seuen oxen, and seuen rammes.
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken, an...
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And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto
another place; he still believed that the location and the conditions
had something to do with the soothsayer's power; PERADVENTUR...
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The Second Sacrifice and Prophetic Utterance....
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BALAAM'S FIRST PROPHECY
(vs.1-12)
THE SANCTIFICATION OF ISRAEL
Chapter 22:41 tells us that Balak brought Balaam to the high places of
Baal in order to prophecy against Israel. Here he observed onl...
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11-30 Balak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's
overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion
of a wicked prince. A second time the curse is turned into a blessin...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Numbers 23:27 Balak H1111 said H559 (H8799) Balaam H1109 come H3212
(H8798) take H3947 (H8799) another...
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THE THIRD ATTEMPT TO INFLUENCE YAHWEH (NUMBERS 23:27 TO NUMBERS
24:13).
The previous two attempts at enchantment having failed Balak decided
that he must try again, this time with Baal-peor. Some may...
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CONTENTS: Balaam blesses instead of curses Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Balaam, Balak.
CONCLUSION: Those who have the good will of heaven may expect the ill
will of hell but God will not suffer real inj...
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Numbers 23:1. _Seven altars._ The Lord commanded Job's friends to take
seven bullocks and seven rams, offered no doubt on seven altars: Job
42:8. This was the highest sacrifice a nation could present....
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 23:13 Balaam observes that GOD does not
CHANGE HIS MIND, so the blessing already pronounced cannot be turned
into a curse (vv....
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
Numbers 23:1. _Build me here seven altars_. “As _seven_ was a number
of perfection, Balaam chose it on this occasion, because he intended
to offer a grand sacrifice, and...
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NUMBERS 23:1
BUILD ME HERE SEVEN ALTARS. According to the common opinion of the
heathen, it was necessary to propitiate with sacrifices the God with
whom they had to do, and if possible to secure his...
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Numbers 23:1-30 And God met Balaam: and Balaam said to him, I have
prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock
and a ram. And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said,...
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Isaiah 14:27; Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah 46:11; Job 23:13; Malachi 3:6;...