Numbers 23:7-10 NLT,NIV,ESV

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Numbers 23:8

Numbers 23:20, Numbers 23:23, Isaiah 44:25, Isaiah 47:12, Isaiah 47:13 Reciprocal: Genesis 27:29 - cursed Genesis 31:55 - blessed Numbers 22:6 - curse me Numbers 23:11 - General Deuteronomy 32:31 - General 1 Samuel 17:10 - I defy 2 Samuel 23:9 - defied Nehemiah 13:2 - our God Proverbs 26:2 - so Isaiah 49:25 - I will contend read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Numbers 23:9

the people: They shall ever be a distinct nation. This prophecy has been literally fulfilled, through a period of 3,300 years, to the present day. dwell alone: Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Exodus 33:16, Deuteronomy 33:28, Esther 3:8, 2 Corinthians 6:17, Titus 2:14, 1 Peter 2:9 shall not: Deuteronomy 32:8, Ezra 9:2, Jeremiah 46:28, Amos 9:9, Romans 15:8-2 Samuel :, Ephesians 2:12-2 Chronicles : Reciprocal: Leviticus 20:24 - which Numbers 2:34 - so they Numbers 24:2 - abiding Deuteronomy 4:7 -... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Numbers 23:10

can count: Genesis 13:16, Genesis 22:17, Genesis 28:14 the dust: i.e. The posterity of Jacob, which was to be so numerous as to resemble the dust. the fourth: Numbers 2:9, Numbers 2:16, Numbers 2:24, Numbers 2:31 me: Heb. my soul, or, my life the death: Psalms 37:37, Psalms 116:15, Proverbs 14:32, Isaiah 57:1, Isaiah 57:2, Luke 2:29, Luke 2:30, 1 Corinthians 3:21, 1 Corinthians 3:22, 1 Corinthians 15:53-Philemon :, 2 Corinthians 5:1, Philippians 1:21-Isaiah :, 2 Timothy 4:6-Ruth :, 2 Peter... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Numbers 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.His parable — That is, his oracular and prophetical speech; which he calls a parable, because of the weightiness of the matter, and the liveliness of the expressions which is usual in parables.Jacob — The posterity of Jacob. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Numbers 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.The rocks — Upon which I now stand.I see him — I see the people, according to thy desire, Numbers 22:41, but cannot improve that sight to the end for which thou didst design it, to curse them.The people shall dwell alone — This people are of a distinct kind from others, God's peculiar people, separated from all other nations, as in religion and... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Numbers 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!The dust — The numberless people of Jacob or Israel, who according to God's promise, are now become as the dust of the earth.Of the righteous — Of this righteous and holy people. The sense is, they are not only happy above other nations in this life, and therefore in vain should I curse them, but they have this peculiar privilege, that they are... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:7

BALAAM’S FIRST PROPHECY, Numbers 23:7-12. 7. Parable Hebrew mashal, a simile. Hengstenberg makes the use of this word in reference to the prophecies of Balaam an indication of the difference between them and real prophecy. All these oracular speeches of Balaam are, in the Hebrew, in a highly poetic form. They are dignified and sublime productions immediately caused by the Spirit of God. The mental eye of the speaker was fixed only upon what he saw, and this he uttered without the least... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:8

8. Whom God hath not cursed Balaam could not curse Israel, because God withheld him from so doing. Thus this master magician confesses that he is neither to help nor to hurt without leave from God. In language strikingly similar is the Babylonian exposed to shame by the prophet. See Isaiah 47:12-14. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:9

9. From the top of the rocks From which he thought that he might most effectually curse the people; but the sight of them did so amaze him that he blessed them. Shall dwell alone This predicts not so much quietude and safety as unprecedented separation from all the Gentile world. This isolation was manifested to the natural eye of the seer in the fact that the Israelites were then dwelling in a separate encampment on the plain. “In this his spirit discerned the inward and essential... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:10

10. The dust of Jacob Posterity so multiplied as to be countless as the dust. The hyperbole was a common rhetorical figure with Oriental writers, especially in indicating a great number. Genesis 13:16, note; Exodus 32:12. The death of the righteous The qualities which in Balaam’s conception are implied in the term righteous are, “to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God.” Micah 6:8. He ascribes these qualities to Israel as a whole, because there were some among them... read more

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Numbers 23:8

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Numbers 23:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Numbers 23:10

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Numbers 23:7

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Numbers 23:9

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Numbers 23:10

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:7

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:8

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:9

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Numbers 23:10

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