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Verse Numbers 22:38. _THE WORD THAT GOD PUTTETH IN MY MOUTH, THAT
SHALL I_ _SPEAK._] Here was a noble resolution, and he was certainly
faithful to it: though he wished to please the king, and get weal...
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III. EVENTS IN THE PLAIN OF MOAB FACING THE LAND
1. Balak and Balaam and Balaam's Parables
CHAPTER 22
_ 1. Balak's message to Balaam (Numbers 22:1)_
2. The journey of Balaam (Numbers 22:21)
3. Ba...
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THE MEETING OF BALAK AND BALAAM. Partly from E. and partly from J, but
the distribution between the two sources is uncertain. Probably
Numbers 22:36 and Numbers 22:38 belong to E, describing (in
conti...
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LO. Figure of speech _Asterismos_ (App-6).
HAVE I. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis_ (App-6).
GOD. _'Elohim._ Not Jehovah. Note this, and see App-4....
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At this point the narrative of E, interrupted after Numbers 22:21, is
resumed. Balak went to the border of his territory to meet Balaam. A
sacrificial feast was held, and on the next day Balaam was co...
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C. BALAAM YIELDS TO BALAK vv. 15-41
TEXT
Numbers 22:15. And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more
honorable than they. 16. And they came to Balaam, and said to him,
Thus saith Balak the son of...
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_AND BALAAM SAID UNTO BALAK, LO, I AM COME UNTO THEE: HAVE I NOW ANY
POWER AT ALL TO SAY ANY THING? THE WORD THAT GOD PUTTETH IN MY MOUTH,
THAT SHALL I SPEAK._
The word that God putteth in my mouth....
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BALAAM
The Israelites now enter upon the last stage of their journey to
Canaan. They are within sight of the land of promise, being encamped
at the northern end of the Dead Sea, near the mouth of the...
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 22
THE KING OF THE COUNTRY CALLED MOAB REQUESTS BALAAM’S HELP –
NUMBERS 22:1-14
V1 The *Israelites travelled to the...
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וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר בִּלְעָ֜ם אֶל ־בָּלָ֗ק
הִֽנֵּה ־בָ֨אתִי֙ אֵלֶ֔יךָ עַתָּ֕ה הֲ
יָכֹ֥ול אוּכַ֖ל דַּבֵּ֣ר מְא֑וּמָה
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BALAAM ON THE WAY
Numbers 22:20
THE history is moving towards a great vindication of Israel and
prediction of its coming power, all the more impressive that they are
to be wrung from an unwilling wit...
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BALAAM WARNED WHAT TO SPEAK
Numbers 22:21
If only Balaam had abided by his first answer to Balak's request, he
would have been saved from the disgrace and suffering which ensued.
But he seemed to th...
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We now come to the story of BaIaarn. It is evident that he was a
remarkable personality. He appears in the story as a man of integrity,
who attempted a literal obedience to the will of God. We are arr...
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And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any
power at all to say (s) any thing? the word that God putteth in my
mouth, that shall I speak.
(s) On my own I can say nothing, I wi...
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The long wished for interview is now obtained, and Balak makes sure
that he shall now accomplish his wishes against Israel. But Balaam had
his fears about him, as conscious sinners sometimes have, tha...
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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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_OBEDIENCE WITHOUT LOVE_
‘The word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak.’
Numbers 22:38
The first and most general account of Balaam would be this: that he
was a very eminent person in...
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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 BALAAM SAID UNTO BALAK, LO, I AM COME UNTO THEE,.... And therefore
let nothing more be said of what is past: and as for future things,
HAVE I NOW ANY POWER AT ALL TO SAY ANYTHING? that would be a...
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_In the utmost coast_ Not far from the camp of the Israelites, whom he
desired him to curse. _Have I now any power at all_, &c. He here lets
Balak know he was under the overruling power of God, whose...
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1 Balaks first message for Balaam is refused.
15 His second message obtaineth him.
22 An Angel would haue slaine him, if his asse had not saued him.
36 Balak intertaineth him.
1 AND the children o...
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Balak's charge to Balaam...
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BALAK HIRING BALAAM
(vs.1-21)
Still within Moab, Israel moved again to the plains and camped near
Jordan, across from Jericho. Moab had no power to withstand them,
however, though Balak, king of Moa...
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36-41 Balak has now nothing to complain of, but that Balaam did not
come sooner. Balaam bids Balak not depend too much upon him. He seems
to speak with vexation; but is really as desirous to please Ba...
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ANY THING, to wit, agreeable to thy expectation or my own inclination.
THAT SHALL I SPEAK; I am forced to do so by his superior power, and
therefore be not offended with me, if I speak things unpleasi...
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NUMBERS 24:1-25.
These three Chapter s form a distinct section of our book a truly
marvellous section, abounding in rich and varied instruction. In it we
have presented to us, first, the covetous pro...
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Numbers 22:38 Balaam H1109 said H559 (H8799) Balak H1111 come H935
(H8804) power H3201 (H8799) all H3201 (H8800) say H1696 (H8763)
anything H3972 word H1697 God H430 puts H7760 (H8799) mouth H6310
spe...
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BALAAM'S ARRIVAL IN MOAB (NUMBERS 22:36).
Numbers 22:36
‘And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him
to the City of Moab (or ‘a city of Moab'), which is on the border of
the...
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Numbers 22:38
The first and most general account of Balaam would be this: that he
was a very eminent person in his age and country, that he was courted
and gained by the enemies of Israel, that he pr...
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CONTENTS: Balaam's visit to Balak and the strange warning on the way.
CHARACTERS: God, Balak, Balaam, Angel of Jehovah.
CONCLUSION: The enemies of God's people are restless and unwearied in
their at...
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Numbers 22:5. _To Pethor, which is by the river._ A Pethor was in
Mesopotamia; the river is thought to be the Euphrates, or one of its
branches, distant at least 500 miles from Moab. Deuteronomy 23:4....
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_Balaam went with Balak._
THE MEETING BETWEEN BALAK AND BALAAM
We have here the meeting between Balak and Balaam, confederate enemies
to God’s Israel; but here they seem to differ in their expectati...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 22:36 Balaam reasserts his intention to say
only what God allows him to say (v. Numbers 22:38), despite the fee he
has been offered.
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
We now enter upon the last division of this Book, which comprises
fifteen Chapter s (22–36).
“In the steppes of Moab the Israelites encamped upon the border of
the Promi...
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EXPOSITION
THE COMING OF BALAAM (Numbers 22:2).
NUMBERS 22:2
BALAK THE SON OF ZIPPOR. The name Balak is connected with a word "to
make waste," and "Zippor" is a small bird. Balak was, as is present...
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AND so the children of Israel sat forward, and pitched in the plains
of Moab (Numbers 22:1)
Moving now south from this position.
on this side of the Jordan River [on the eastern side of the Jordan
Ri...
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1 Kings 22:14; 2 Chronicles 18:13; Isaiah 44:25; Isaiah 46:10; Isaiah
47:12; Numbers 23:16; Numbers 23:26; Numbers 24:13; Numbers 22:18;...
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THE WOES OF THE WICKED BALAAM
_Selections from Numbers 22:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
One of the things which sadden the soul is the way that not only
professing Christians, but real believing Christians...