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Verse Numbers 23:24. _BEHOLD, THE PEOPLE SHALL RISE UP AS A GREAT
LION_] לביא _labi_, the _great, mighty_, or _old lion_, the king
of the forest, who is feared and respected by all the other beasts of...
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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 (Numbers 2...
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BALAAM'S SECOND ORACLE. This goes beyond the preceding in frustrating
the hopes of Balak, for it declares that God has not only not cursed
Israel, but has positively blessed it, and describes Israel's...
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_Balaam's second prophetic message_. This consists of eleven, or (see
on Numbers 23:23) more probably ten, couplets. Balaam declares that
God will never change His mind (as Balak had thought, Numbers...
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E. BALAAM'S SECOND BLESSING vv. 13-24
TEXT
Numbers 23:13. And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me to
another place, from whence thou mayest see them, and shalt not see
them all: and curse...
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_AND HE TOOK UP HIS PARABLE, AND SAID, RISE UP, BALAK, AND HEAR;
HEARKEN UNTO ME, THOU SON OF ZIPPOR:_
_ `Rise up, Balak, and hear! Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippori! God
is not a man, that he sho...
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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 me 7
*b...
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AS A GREAT LION. — Better, _as a lioness._ (Comp. Genesis 49:9.)
Balaam transfers to the whole nation that which Jacob had prophesied
of Judah....
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הֶן ־עָם֙ כְּ לָבִ֣יא יָק֔וּם וְ כַ
אֲרִ֖י יִתְנַשָּׂ֑א לֹ֤א יִשְׁכַּב֙
עַד ־יֹ֣אכַל טֶ֔רֶף...
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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 heigh...
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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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_Lioness. Septuagint, "lion's whelp." Some explain the Hebrew, "a
lion" of full growth and strength. But the antithesis of the Vulgate
is more natural and beautiful. (Calmet) --- The lioness, being
so...
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These are very precious truths; and doubly so when read with an eye to
the evidence they bring with them, as they are in JESUS. In the
covenant relationship of GOD in CHRIST, the word, the oath, the
p...
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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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24._Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion. _This comparison
is not in every respect accurate; for it does not signify that the
Israelites should be cruel or rapacious, but merely bold and s...
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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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BEHOLD, THE PEOPLE SHALL RISE UP AS A GREAT LION,.... Or rather, "as
the lioness" n, which, as Aelianus says o, is the strongest and most
warlike beast, the most fierce and furious, as is believed bot...
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Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself
as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat [of] the prey, and
drink the blood of the slain.
Ver. 24. _Behold the people....
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_As a great lion_ As a lion rouseth up himself to fight, or to go out
to the prey, so shall Israel stir up themselves to warlike attempts
against their enemies. _He shall not lie down until he eat of...
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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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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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As a lion rouseth up himself to fight, or to go out to the prey; so
shall Israel stir up themselves to warlike attempts against all their
enemies, as occasion shall offer itself. HE SHALL NOT LIE DOWN...
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Numbers 23:24 people H5971 rises H6965 (H8799) lioness H3833 lifts
H5375 (H8691) lion H738 down H7901 (H8799) devours H398 (H8799) prey
H2964 drinks H8354 (H8799) blood H1818 slain H2491
as a great -...
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Numbers 23:18 (18a-24)
‘And he took up his incantation (parable),'
Once again Balaam gave out his incantation. Note even here the
chiastic construction.
Numbers 23:18 (18b-24)
“Rise up, Balak, and...
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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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_He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath He seen
perverseness in Israel._
THE PROPHECIES OF BALAAM
Prophecy is not Fatalism, but in many cases, at least, a forecasting
of the certain cons...
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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. Numbers 23:19). Israel will be free from disaster...
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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, an...
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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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Amos 3:8; Daniel 2:44; Deuteronomy 33:20; Genesis 49:27; Genesis 49:9;
Isaiah 31:4; Micah 5:8; Micah 5:9; Numbers 24:17; Numbers 24:8;...
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As a great Lion — As a lion rouseth up himself to fight, or to go
out to the prey, so shall Israel stir up themselves to warlike
attempts against their enemies. He shall not lie down — Not rest or
cea...