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Verse Numbers 24:4. _FALLING INTO A TRANCE_] There is no indication in
the Hebrew that he fell into a _trance_; these words are added by our
translators, but they are not in the original. נפל _nophel_...
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The “falling” of which Balaam speaks was the condition under which
the inward opening of his eyes took place. It indicates the force of
the divine inspiration overpowering the seer. The faithful proph...
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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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OF. Genitive of origin. words from God.
GOD. the mighty God. Hebrew. _'El._ App-4.
FALLING INTO. TRANCE. The _Ellipsis_ better supplied. "falling [to the
ground]"....
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The opening triplet is as follows:
THE ORACLE OF BALAAM SON OF BEOR.
The oracle of the man whose eye is (?) CLOSED.
The oracle of one that heareth the words of God.
The form of it should be compa...
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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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The parallelism of these opening words with those in Numbers 24:15
suggests that the line -And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High"
has fallen out of the present passage.
_the Almighty_ Heb. _Shadd...
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FALLING INTO A TRANCE— There is nothing in the original _for into a
trance;_ which our translators have added, supposing him to have been
in a rapture or ecstacy when he had this vision, because it is...
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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 HATH SAID, WHICH HEARD THE WORDS OF GOD, WHICH SAW THE VISION OF
THE ALMIGHTY, FALLING INTO A TRANCE, BUT HAVING HIS EYES OPEN:_
Which heard the words of God, х_ 'IMREEY_ (H561) _ 'EEL_ (H410)] -...
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24:4 saith, (b-2) See Genesis 22:16 ....
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BALAAM (CONTINUED)
1-9. Balaam's Third Utterance....
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FALLING _into a trance_] rather, 'falling upon his face.' There is no
word in the original corresponding to the words 'into a trance.' He
falls to the ground, overpowered by the Spirit of God that com...
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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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FALLING INTO A TRANCE, BUT HAVING HIS EYES OPEN. — Better, _falling_
(_upon his face_)_, and having his eyes opened._ The physical effect
produced upon Balaam appears to have been the same as that whi...
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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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He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of
the Almighty, (c) falling [into a trance], but having his eyes open:
(c) Though he lay as in a sleep, yet the eyes of his mind were...
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_Falleth. Out of respect to God, or in a trance. Septuagint, "in
sleep, his eyes are uncovered." He was accustomed to commune with the
spirits in the night, chap. xxii. 8. (Haydock) --- He who is
clea...
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Observe how the HOLY GHOST hath caused the expressions of Balaam to be
guarded. It is the man whose eyes are opened, not whose heart; whose
knowledge of divine things is in the head, but who never fel...
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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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HE HATH SAID, WHICH HEARD THE WORDS OF GOD,.... God speaking to him,
which he did several times, and with which he was greatly elated, see
Numbers 22:9:
WHICH SAW THE VISION OF THE ALMIGHTY; not that...
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He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of
the Almighty, falling [into a trance], but having his eyes open:
Ver. 4. _Falling into a trance._] As was usual with the prophets;...
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_The vision of the Almighty_ So called properly, because he was awake
when the following things were revealed to him. _Falling into a
trance_ In the Hebrew it is only _falling_, namely, fainting and
f...
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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 hath said which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the
Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open. It was a
Revelation of God which came to Balaam by the Spirit of God....
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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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THE VISION; so called either strictly and properly, because he was
awake when this was revealed to him; or largely and improperly, for
any extraordinary discovery of God's mind to him, whether sleepin...
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Numbers 24:4 utterance H5002 (H8803) hears H8085 (H8802) words H561
God H410 sees H2372 (H8799) vision...
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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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FALLING INTO
That is, prostrated by the prophetic impulse. See (1 Samuel 19:24);
(Ezekiel 1:23); (Daniel 8:18); (2 Corin
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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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_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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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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1 Samuel 19:24; 2 Corinthians 12:1; Acts 10:10; Acts 10:19; Acts 22
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The vision — So called properly, because he was awake when this was
revealed to him: A trance — Or, extasy, fainting and falling upon
the ground, as the prophets used to do....