Numbers 23:7-10 NLT,NIV,ESV

Scofield's Reference Notes - Numbers 23:7

and said In the prophecies of Balaam God testifies on behalf of His people rather than (as usual) to them. It is the divine testimony to their standing as a redeemed people in view of the serpent "lifted up," and of the water from the smitten rock. Numbers 21:5-9; Numbers 20:11. Their state was morally bad, but this was a matter concerning the discipline of God, not His judgment. The interpretation of the prophecies is literal as to Israel, typical as to Christians. Through Christ "lifted up"... 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 23:5-12

Numbers 23:5-12How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?Balaam’s first parable; or, the blessedness of the people of GodBalaam’s declaration of the happiness of Israel sets forth the blessedness of the people of God.I. It is placed beyond the power of their enemies.II. It consists in their separation from the ungodly. In three respects were the Israelites separated from other nations.1. Politically they were independent of them.2. Morally they were separated from them.3. By the possession of... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Numbers 23:10

Numbers 23:10Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! The end of the righteous desiredCarlyle, in his “History of the French Revolution,” tells us of a Duke of Orleans who did not believe in death; so that when his secretary stumbled on the words, “The late King of Spain,” he angrily demanded what he meant by it.The obsequious attendant replied, “My Lord, it is a title which some of the kings of Spain have taken.” We know that all our paths, wind as they may, will... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 23:7

Num 23:7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, [saying], Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. Ver. 7. And he took up his parable. ] Or, Pithy and powerful speech, uttered in numerous and sententious terms, and taken among the heathen for prophecies or oracles: poemata pro vaticiniis, &c. Poets were taken for prophets, Tit 1:12 and poems for prophecies. Hence their στοιχομαντεια , wherein opening a... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 23:8

Num 23:8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, [whom] the LORD hath not defied? Ver. 8. How shall I curse? ] He had a good mind to it, but did not, because he durst not: God stood over him with a whip, as it were; the angel with a sword in his hand could not be forgotten by him. Virtus nolentium nulla est. How shall I defy? ] How easy a thing is it to wag a wicked tongue? to find good words in mouth of hell? read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 23:9

Num 23:9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. Ver. 9. From the top of the rocks I see him. ] And have no power to hurt him. She heard me without daunting; I departed not without terror, when I opened the conspiracy against her life; howbeit, clothed with the best art I could; - said Parry the traitor concerning Queen Elizabeth. a Achilles was said to be Styge armatus, but... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 23:10

Num 23:10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! Ver. 10. Let me die the death. ] But he was so far from living the life of the righteous, that he gave pestilent counsel against the lives of God’s Israel: and though here, in a fit of compunction, he seem a friend, yet he was afterward slain by the sword of Israel, whose happiness he admireth, and desires to share in. Num 31:8 ... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Numbers 23:7

he took: Numbers 23:18, Numbers 24:3, Numbers 24:15, Numbers 24:23, Job 27:1, Job 29:1, Psalms 78:2, Ezekiel 17:2, Ezekiel 20:49, Micah 2:4, Habakkuk 2:6, Matthew 13:33, Matthew 13:35, Mark 12:12 parable: The word mashal, which as a verb is to rule, have authority, and also to compare, as a noun signifies whatever is expressed in parabolic or figurative language. All these oracular speeches of Balaam are in hemistich metre in the original. They are highly dignified and sublime; and may be... read more

Scofield's Reference Notes - Numbers 23:7

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 23:5-12

The Biblical Illustrator - Numbers 23:10

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 23:7

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 23:8

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 23:9

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Numbers 23:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Numbers 23:7

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