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Verse Numbers 23:21. _HE HATH NOT BEHELD INIQUITY IN JACOB, NEITHER
HATH_ _HE SEEN PERVERSENESS IN ISRAEL_] This is a difficult passage;
for if we take the words as spoken of the _people_ Israel, as...
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“Iniquity” and “perverseness” are found together again in the
Hebrew of Psalms 10:7; Psalms 90:10, and elsewhere; and import
wickedness together with that tribulation which is its proper result.
THE S...
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THE PARABLES OF BALAAM
Chapter S 23-24
_ 1. The first parable (Numbers 23:1)_
2. Balak's surprise and Balaam's answer (Numbers 23:11)
3. At Zophim (Numbers 23:13)
4. The second parable
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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...
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INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avon,_ trespass. App-44.
PERVERSENESS. Hebrew. _'amal._ App-44....
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_Balaam's second prophetic message_. This consists of eleven, or (see
on Numbers 23:23) more probably ten, couplets. Balaam declares that
God will never change His mind (as Balak had thought, Numbers...
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_He hath not beheld … Neither hath he seen_&c. The verbs are
impersonal: -one hath not [i.e. no one hath] beheld …" But in
accordance with Numbers 23:9, it is better to read (with Pesh.) - I
BEHOLD NO...
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DISCOURSE: 173
BALAAM’S SECOND ATTEMPT TO CURSE ISRAEL
Numbers 23:18. 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 sho...
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HE HATH NOT BEHELD INIQUITY IN JACOB, &C.— _One shall not behold
affliction in Jacob, nor see vexation in Israel._ Waterland. Houbigant
renders this, _I shall not see iniquity,_ &c. The words will cer...
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E. BALAAM'S SECOND BLESSING vv. 13-24
TEXT
Numbers 23:13. And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me to
another place, from whence thou mayest see them, and shalt not see
them all: and curse...
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_AND HE TOOK UP HIS PARABLE, AND SAID, RISE UP, BALAK, AND HEAR;
HEARKEN UNTO ME, THOU SON OF ZIPPOR:_
_ `Rise up, Balak, and hear! Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippori! God
is not a man, that he sho...
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BALAAM (CONTINUED)
1-10. First Utterance of Balaam....
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THE SHOUT OF A KING] is not the shout raised by a king, but the shout
raised at the presence of a king. Israel rejoices in having God as
their king: see Exodus 15:18; Deuteronomy 33:5; Isaiah 33:22....
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THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS
IN THE DESERT
NUMBERS
_MARION ADAMS_
CHAPTER 23
BALAAM’S FIRST *PROPHECY – NUMBERS 23:1-12
V1 Balaam said to Balak, ‘Build 7 *altars here. Then bring to
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HE HATH NOT BEHELD INIQUITY... — The same combination of the words
_aven_ (iniquity, or injustice) and _amal_ (perverseness, or, rather,
suffering or grievance) occurs in Habakkuk 1:3.
THE SHOUT OF A...
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לֹֽא ־הִבִּ֥יט אָ֨וֶן֙ בְּ יַעֲקֹ֔ב
וְ לֹא
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NO ENCHANTMENT AGAINST ISRAEL
Numbers 23:13
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...
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The first of Balaam's prophecies was uttered in the midst of strange
surroundings.
Sacrifices were offered to heathen gods, while Balaam turned aside to
inquire of Jehovah. The result was that we hav...
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He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen
perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God [is] with him, and the (i)
shout of a king [is] among them.
(i) They triumph as victorious kings ov...
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Image-god, ( simulachrum) "a statue." Chaldean, "falsehood." Hebrew
may also signify "perversity, or punishment." As long as Israel
refrains from idol-worship, and from other transgressions, as they d...
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These are very precious truths; and doubly so when read with an eye to
the evidence they bring with them, as they are in JESUS. In the
covenant relationship of GOD in CHRIST, the word, the oath, the
p...
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The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their
neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a
striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
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21._He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob. _Some understand by און,
_aven, _ עמל _, gnamal, _idols, (161) which bring nothing but
deadly labor and trouble to their worshippers; as if it were said that...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25.
Moab also opposes in vain. Now they are in the plains of Moab, having
only Jordan between them and the land of their rest. But had they a...
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HE HATH NOT BEHELD INIQUITY IN JACOB, NEITHER HATH HE SEEN
PERVERSENESS IN ISRAEL,.... Not that there was no sin in them, nor any
observed by the Lord; yet not so as to mark it in strict justice, and...
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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...
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_Iniquity in Jacob_ Not such as in the Canaanites: such as he will
punish with a curse, with utter destruction. _The Lord is with him_ He
hath a favour for this people, and will defend and save them....
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1.13.28 Balaks sacrifice. 7.18 Balaams parable.
1 AND Balaam saide vnto Balak, Build me here seuen Altars, and prepare
mee here seuen oxen, and seuen rammes.
2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken, an...
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BALAAM'S FIRST PROPHECY
(vs.1-12)
THE SANCTIFICATION OF ISRAEL
Chapter 22:41 tells us that Balak brought Balaam to the high places of
Baal in order to prophecy against Israel. Here he observed onl...
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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 blessin...
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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 sim...
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Numbers 23:21 observed H5027 (H8689) iniquity H205 Jacob H3290 seen
H7200 (H8804) wickedness H5999 Israel H3478 LOR
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Numbers 23:18 (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 (18b-24)
“Rise up, Balak, and...
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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 an...
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CONTENTS: Balaam blesses instead of curses Israel.
CHARACTERS: God, Balaam, Balak.
CONCLUSION: Those who have the good will of heaven may expect the ill
will of hell but God will not suffer real inj...
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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....
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_He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath He seen
perverseness in Israel._
THE PROPHECIES OF BALAAM
Prophecy is not Fatalism, but in many cases, at least, a forecasting
of the certain conse...
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 23:13 Balaam observes that GOD does not
CHANGE HIS MIND, so the blessing already pronounced cannot be turned
into a curse (vv....
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NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 23:21 THE SHOUT OF A KING IS AMONG THEM. The
king here is God himself, whose festivals are marked by shouts and
trumpet blasts (e.g., Numbers 29:1).
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES
Numbers 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...
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NUMBERS 23:1
BUILD ME HERE SEVEN ALTARS. According to the common opinion of the
heathen, it was necessary to propitiate with sacrifices the God with
whom they had to do, and if possible to secure his...
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Numbers 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,...
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2 Chronicles 13:12; 2 Corinthians 2:14; 2 Corinthians 5:19; 2
Corinthians 6:16;...
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Iniquity — Not such as in the Canaanites: Such as he will punish
with a curse, with utter destruction. The Lord is with him — He hath
a favour for this people, and will defend and save them. The shout...