The Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you He ought to have informed them that the Lord had strictly forbidden him to curse this people, and assured him that they were blessed. Such a declaration would probably have prevented any further message from Balak, and have preserved Balaam from running into more sin. God, however, overruled it all to his own glory and the good of his people Israel.
III. EVENTS IN THE PLAIN OF MOAB FACING THE LAND 1. Balak and Balaam and Balaam's Parables CHAPTER 22 _ 1. Balak's message to Balaam (Numbers 22:1)_ 2. The journey of Balaam (Numbers 22:21) 3. Ba...
BALAK'S FIRST SUMMONS TO BALAAM, AND YAHWEH'S REFUSAL TO LET HIM GO. This comes mainly from J. But in Numbers 22:5, if the land of the children of his people (which can only refer to Balak and yields...
BALAAM... SAID. Note what he suppressed,...
Balaam may have felt regret at being unable to win the offered rewards, but there is no hint of it in the narrative. He could not know that Balak would send again....
Balak king of Moab being frightened by the near proximity of the Israelites sent for Balaam a famous soothsayer to curse them, offering him liberal payment. Balaam came but refused to utter any oracle...
B. GOD'S PROHIBITION vv. 7-14 TEXT Numbers 22:7. And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him th...
_AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, LODGE HERE THIS NIGHT, AND I WILL BRING YOU WORD AGAIN, AS THE LORD SHALL SPEAK UNTO ME: AND THE PRINCES OF MOAB ABODE WITH BALAAM._ Lodge here this night ... God usually reve...
BALAAM The Israelites now enter upon the last stage of their journey to Canaan. They are within sight of the land of promise, being encamped at the northern end of the Dead Sea, near the mouth of the...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 22 THE KING OF THE COUNTRY CALLED MOAB REQUESTS BALAAM’S HELP – NUMBERS 22:1-14 V1 The *Israelites travelle
וַ יָּ֤קָם בִּלְעָם֙ בַּ † בֹּ֔קֶר וַ...
BALAAM INVOKED Numbers 22:1 WHILE a part of the army of Israel was engaged in the campaign against Bashan, the tribes remained "in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan at Jericho." The topography is...
BALAAM SENT FOR, TO CURSE ISRAEL Numbers 22:1 These Chapter s present a surprising contrast between the covetous prophet and his sublime prophecies. It is clearly possible to be the mouthpiece of tr...
We now come to the story of BaIaarn. It is evident that he was a remarkable personality. He appears in the story as a man of integrity, who attempted a literal obedience to the will of God. We are arr...
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give (g) me leave to go with you. (g) Or else he would have been willing, covet...
Observe! how this wretch trades in iniquity. Had he dealt honestly with the servants of Balak, he would have told them that the people whom their master wished him to curse, the LORD had determined to...
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...
_BALAAM_ ‘And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you.… And Balaam rose up in the morning, and...
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 BALAAM ROSE UP IN THE MORNING,.... With the impression of the dream upon his mind, and of what had passed between God and him in it: AND SAID UNTO THE PRINCES OF BALAK; which shows what the elder...
And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you. Ver. 13. _For the Lord refuseth._] Like a mercena...
1 Balaks first message for Balaam is refused. 15 His second message obtaineth him. 22 An Angel would haue slaine him, if his asse had not saued him. 36 Balak intertaineth him. 1 AND the children o...
And Balaam rose up in the morning and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land; for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you. This was a cunning way of putting it, for it withhe...
THE FIRST INVITATION REFUSED...
BALAK HIRING BALAAM (vs.1-21) Still within Moab, Israel moved again to the plains and camped near Jordan, across from Jericho. Moab had no power to withstand them, however, though Balak, king of Moa...
1-14 The king of Moab formed a plan to get the people of Israel cursed; that is, to set God against them, who had hitherto fought for them. He had a false notion, that if he could get some prophet to...
He conceals the principal things, to wit, the reason of God's prohibition, which might have given a stop to their further course and counsels in this matter, and secretly intimates his own goodwill an...
NUMBERS 24:1-25. These three Chapter s form a distinct section of our book a truly marvellous section, abounding in rich and varied instruction. In it we have presented to us, first, the covetous prop...
Numbers 22:13 Balaam H1109 rose H6965 (H8799) morning H1242 said H559 (H8799) princes H8269 Balak H1111 back...
BALAAM TELLS THE MESSENGERS TO RETURN HOME, AND THEY RETURN (NUMBERS 22:13) Numbers 22:13 ‘And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the nobles/chieftains of Balak, “Get you into your land, fo...
CONTENTS: Balaam's visit to Balak and the strange warning on the way. CHARACTERS: God, Balak, Balaam, Angel of Jehovah. CONCLUSION: The enemies of God's people are restless and unwearied in their at...
Numbers 22:5. _To Pethor, which is by the river._ A Pethor was in Mesopotamia; the river is thought to be the Euphrates, or one of its branches, distant at least 500 miles from Moab. Deuteronomy 23:4....
_Balak. .. sent messengers unto Balaam._ BALAK’S FIRST APPLICATION TO BALAAM; OR, MAN AND SUPERNATURAL I. Men in difficulty seeking supernatural help. “It was supposed that prophets and sorcerers ha...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 22:1 Israel in the Plains of Moab. These chapters tell of Israel’s lengthy encampment in the plains of Moab at the northern end of the Dead Sea. Here they prepared to cross the...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 22:7 When BALAAM says that God refused him permission to go, BALAK increases his payment offer. This suggests the original messengers had reported to Balak that Balaam would pr...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES We now enter upon the last division of this Book, which comprises fifteen Chapter s (22–36). “In the steppes of Moab the Israelites encamped upon the border of the Promi...
EXPOSITION THE COMING OF BALAAM (Numbers 22:2). NUMBERS 22:2 BALAK THE SON OF ZIPPOR. The name Balak is connected with a word "to make waste," and "Zippor" is a small bird. Balak was, as is
AND so the children of Israel sat forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab (Numbers 22:1) Moving now south from this position. on this side of the Jordan River [on the eastern side of the Jordan Ri...
Deuteronomy 23:5; Numbers 22:14...
THE WOES OF THE WICKED BALAAM _Selections from Numbers 22:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS One of the things which sadden the soul is the way that not only professing Christians, but real believing Christians...