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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:18-26

Numbers 23:18-24 (18a-24) ‘And he took up his incantation (parable),’ Once again Balaam gave out his incantation. Note even here the chiastic construction. Numbers 23:18-24 (18b-24) “Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you son of Zippor, a God is not a man, that he should lie, a Nor the son of man, that he should repent, a Has he said, and will he not do it? a Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? b Behold, I have received commandment to bless, b And he has blessed,... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:18-24

Numbers 23:18-Jeremiah : . 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 freedom from adversity and its formidable strength. Numbers 23:19 . Cf. 1 Samuel 15:29 Numbers 23:20 . he hath blessed, etc.: read (LXX), “ I must bless and I must not reverse it.” Numbers 23:21 . He hath not beheld, etc.: read (Syr.), “ I have not beheld... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Numbers 23:21

He, i.e. God, understood Numbers 23:20, and expressed Numbers 23:19, hath not or doth not behold or see iniquity or perverseness, i.e. any sin, in Jacob or Israel; which cannot be meant of a simple seeing or knowing of him, for so God did see and observe, yea, and chastise their sins, as is manifest, Exodus 32:9; Deuteronomy 9:13; but of such a sight of their sins as should provoke God utterly to forsake and curse and destroy them, which was Balak’s desire, and Balaam’s hope and design. For as... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Numbers 23:1-30

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTESNumbers 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 to offer a bullock and a ram upon each of the altars; the whole to be made a burnt offering at the same time. And as he intended to offer seven bullocks and seven rams at the same time, it could not be conveniently done on one altar, therefore he ordered seven to be built.”—A. Clarke LL.D.The offerings... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Numbers 23:21

Numbers 23:21 There are three special thoughts which come to us in connection with this text. I. The first is, the absolute need, if the army of the Lord is to conquer, of the presence of the Lord and of the realisation of His presence by those who are called by His name, and wear His armour, and wield His weapons. It pleases the Lord to let us fight His battles, to give us His armour and His weapons, and to inspire us with His courage, and to fill our enemies with His terror. We have no power... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Numbers 23:18-23

DISCOURSE: 173BALAAM’S SECOND ATTEMPT TO CURSE ISRAELNumbers 23:18-23. And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Behold, I have received commandment to bless; and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Numbers 23:1-30

Num 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, Return to Balak, and tell him this. And so he returned to him, and he was standing by the burnt sacrifice with all of the princes of Moab. And so Balaam took up this parable, and he said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob,... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Numbers 23:1-30

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. 1 Chronicles 15:26. 2 Chronicles 29:26. Numbers 23:21 . He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, nor seen perverseness in Israel. The Vulgate reads, ‘There is no idol in Jacob, nor similitude in Israel.’ Our Poole also cites one class of interpreters who read, ‘He does not behold injury to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Numbers 23:21-24

Numbers 23:21-24He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath He seen perverseness in Israel.The prophecies of BalaamProphecy is not Fatalism, but in many cases, at least, a forecasting of the certain consequences of such and such moral antecedents. And this view of prophecy leads me to that which is, after all, the most important aspect of the prophecies of Balaam. Here, in the blessings he pronounced on Israel, we have an authoritative declaration of the natural and inevitable outcome of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 23:21

Num 23:21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God [is] with him, and the shout of a king [is] among them. Ver. 21. He hath not beheld iniquity. ] Of this place of Scripture we may say as we did of another, This verse had been easy, had not commentators made it so knotty. The sense I like best is, that at this time, when Balak hired Balaam, there was no peccatum flagrans, no foul sin of that people, flaming in the eyes of God, or... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:18-26

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:18-24

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Numbers 23:21

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Numbers 23:1-30

Sermon Bible Commentary - Numbers 23:21

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Numbers 23:18-23

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Numbers 23:1-30

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Numbers 23:1-30

The Biblical Illustrator - Numbers 23:21-24

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 23:21

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