Numbers 23:21

He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob. The subject of this and the parallel clause is left indefinite. If it is God, according to the A.V then it means that God in his mercy shut his eyes to the evil which did exist in individuals, and for his own sake would not impute it to the chosen nation. If it be impersonal, according to the Septuagint and the Targums, "one does not behold iniquity," &c; then it means that the iniquity was not flagrant, was not left to gather head and volume until it brought down destruction. Perverseness. Rather, "suffering" , the natural consequence of sin. Compare the use of the two words in Psalms 10:7 ; Psalms 90:10 . The shout of a king is among them. The "shout" ( תִּרוּעָה ) is the jubilation of the nation with which it acclaims its victor king (cf. 1 Samuel 4:5 , 1 Samuel 4:6 ). In Le 23:24; Psalms 47:5 it is used of the sounding of the sacred trumpets.