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James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Numbers 23:1-30

BALAAM AND HIS PROPHECIES THE HISTORICAL SETTING (Numbers 22:0 ) In what neighborhood are the Israelites now camped (Numbers 22:1 )? Where is this located? Who was the king of this people (Numbers 22:4 )? What effect on him was wrought by Israel’s victories over his neighbors (Numbers 22:2-4 )? What plan of defense other than war does he adopt (Numbers 22:5-6 )? Balaam’s History and Character Balaam is a mystery. He comes from Mesopotamia where the knowledge of the true God lingered... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Numbers 23:1-30

Balaam's Vision of the Church Numbers 22-24 Let Israel, as gathered within sight of Moab, be regarded as representing the Church of the living God: let Balak, king of Moab, be regarded as representing all the forces which encounter the Church of the living God with suspicion or hostility: let Balaam be regarded as the prophet of the Lord standing between the Church and the kingdoms of heathenism, and declaring the divine purpose, and dwelling in sacred and rapturous eloquence upon the... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Numbers 23:25-30

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 to have done it. And nothing can be more evident, than that the impious prophet endeavored by all the arts of enchantment, to do the reverse of what the LORD constrained him to do. Reader! pause over such views, and ask your own heart, what greater testimony can be needed, in proof of the divine... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Numbers 23:25

Neither, &c. When infidels cannot prevail upon people to side with them entirely, in their false worship, they endeavour to induce them at least not to bless, nor follow up the true religion. (Worthington) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:11-30

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 blessing; and this blessing is both larger and stronger than the former. Men change their minds, and break their words; but God never changes his mind, and therefore never recalls his promise. And when in Scripture he is said to repent, it does not mean any change of his mind; but only a change of his way.... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Numbers 23:1-65

Num_23:1 Num_26:65 . The last verse of chapter 22 shed light upon the evil power that animated Moab and Balak their king. They had in their midst the "high places of Baal." So when in the first verse of our chapter we read that Balaam said, "Build me here seven altars," we at once see that this man, who professed himself to be a prophet of the Lord, was really in league with the powers of darkness. When in conflict with Baal, Elijah repaired the one altar of the Lord that was broken down, and... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Numbers 23:14-30

The Second Sacrifice and Prophetic Utterance. v. 14. And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, to a high plateau of the mountain range which overlooks the Plains of Moab, and built seven altars, as before, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. v. 15. And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, maintaining the position of the devout worshiper praying for the fulfillment of his desire, while I meet the Lord yonder, for the purpose of... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Numbers 23:1-30

FIFTH DIVISIONISRAEL’S FINAL PREPARATION DURING ITS RESIDENCE IN THE PLAINS (STEPPES) OF MOABNumbers 22-36FIRST SECTIONBalak and Balaam, or the Curse as a Weapon against Israel FrustratedNumbers 22:2 to Numbers 24:25Survey: a. Balak’s resort to Balaam, Numbers 22:2-7. b. Balaam’s formal, but heartless opposition, Numbers 22:8-14. c. Balak’s’s second attempt, Balaam’s irresolution, and the beginning of God’s judgment upon him in the permission of the journey, Numbers 22:15-21. d. Balaam’s... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Numbers 23:25-30

G.—THE THIRD BLESSINGNumbers 23:25 to Numbers 24:925And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. 26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the Lord speaketh, that I must do?27And 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. 28And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. 29And Balaam... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Numbers 23:13-30

No Enchantment against Israel Numbers 23:13-30 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 that commanded only a partial view of the camp. How often we try to see only what we want to see! How often we shut our eyes to a rival’s real merits! Instead of entering into God’s great thoughts we shut ourselves up in a tiny limited world. We will not acknowledge what our pride does not... read more

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Numbers 23:1-30

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Numbers 23:1-30

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Numbers 23:25-30

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Numbers 23:25

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:11-30

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Numbers 23:1-65

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Numbers 23:14-30

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Numbers 23:1-30

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Numbers 23:25-30

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Numbers 23:13-30

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