Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Numbers 23:5
And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak, giving him the words which he was to utter.
And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak, giving him the words which he was to utter.
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
NUMBERS 22:41 TO NUMBERS 23:6. BALAK'S SACRIFICES PRELIMINARY TO BALAAM'S FIRST ORACLE. This section proceeds from E. Balak brought Balaam to Bamoth-baal (Numbers 22:41 _mg._), the site of a sanctuary...
PUT. WORD. This is inspiration. SAID. See note on Numbers 3:40....
Balaam demanded a seven-fold sacrifice, in order to propitiate God, that He might be willing to give His prophet a message. Balak complied with the request, hoping that the message might be a curse....
THE LORD PUT A WORD IN BALAAM'S MOUTH— _Jehovah,_ in the original; which abundantly proves Balaam to have been a prophet of the true God. Concerning the word _parable_ in the 7th verse, see the note o...
D. THE FIRST BLESSING OF BALAAM (NUMBERS 23:1-12) TEXT Numbers 23:1. And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2. And Balak did as Balaam...
_AND GOD MET BALAAM: AND HE SAID UNTO HIM, I HAVE PREPARED SEVEN ALTARS, AND I HAVE OFFERED UPON EVERY ALTAR A BULLOCK AND A RAM._ God met Balaam - not in compliance with his incantations, but to fru...
BALAAM (CONTINUED) 1-10. First Utterance of Balaam....
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
THE LORD PUT A WORD IN BALAAM’S MOUTH. — “God, who had opened the mouth of the ass,” says Bishop Wordsworth, _in loc.,_ “in a manner contrary to her nature, now opens Balaam’s mouth in a manner contra...
וַ יָּ֧שֶׂם יְהוָ֛ה דָּבָ֖ר בְּ פִ֣י בִלְעָ֑ם
A BLESSING INSTEAD OF A CURSE Numbers 22:41; Numbers 23:1 Notice the position of these Chapter s, preceding the awful story of Baal-peor. Presently the Israelites will be perpetrating such terrible s...
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...
And the LORD (c) put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. (c) Taught him what to say....
I would beg the Reader to consult the first verse of the next chapter, and this will throw a light upon the whole subject. For it is very plain, from what is there said, that Balaam's leaving Balak, u...
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...
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...
AND THE LORD PUT A WORD IN BALAAM'S MOUTH.... Not grace into his heart, nor the fear of God within him, but suggested to him what to say; impressed it strongly on him, that he could not forget it, and...
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. Ver. 5. And the Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth.] The words thus put into his mouth, do but pass f...
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...
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...
1-10 With the camps of Israel full in view, Balaam ordered seven altars to be built, and a bullock and a ram to be offered on each. Oh the sottishness of superstition, to imagine that God will be at...
He suggested what he should say, even those words, NUMBERS 23:8....
Numbers 23:5 LORD H3068 put H7760 (H8799) word H1697 Balaams H1109 mouth H6310 said H559 (H8799) Return...
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...
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....
_How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?_ BALAAM’S FIRST PARABLE; OR, THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD Balaam’s declaration of the happiness of Israel sets forth the blessedness of the peop...
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...
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...
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,...
Deuteronomy 18:18; Isaiah 51:16; Isaiah 59:21; Jeremiah 1:9; John 11