Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Numbers 22:33
I had slain thee Thee alone, and not the ass; therefore her turning aside and falling down was wholly for thy benefit, not for her own, and thy anger against her was unjust and unreasonable.
I had slain thee Thee alone, and not the ass; therefore her turning aside and falling down was wholly for thy benefit, not for her own, and thy anger against her was unjust and unreasonable.
Verse Numbers 22:33. _SURELY NOW ALSO I HAD SLAIN THEE_] How often are the meanest animals, and the most trivial occurrences, instruments of the preservation of our lives, and of the salvation of our...
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...
BALAAM'S JOURNEY TO BALAK WITHOUT GOD'S CONSENT. This section is clearly not the sequel of the preceding, but the continuation of Numbers 22:5, and (as far as Numbers 22:34) is derived from J. Balaam...
Jehovah was angry with Balaam for going, and His -Angel" hindered him on the way....
UNLESS SHE HAD TURNED FROM ME, SURELY NOW ALSO I HAD SLAIN THEE, &C.— The words of the angel respecting the ass, candidly interpreted according to the Hebrew idiom, and duly compared with the context,...
C. BALAAM YIELDS TO BALAK vv. 15-41 TEXT Numbers 22:15. And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they. 16. And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of...
_AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, WHEREFORE HAST THOU SMITTEN THINE ASS THESE THREE TIMES? BEHOLD, I WENT OUT TO WITHSTAND THEE, BECAUSE THY WAY IS PERVERSE BEFORE ME:_ No JFB commentary on t...
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
UNLESS SHE HAD TURNED FROM ME. — There may be an aposiopesis in this verse. _Perhaps she turned aside from_ (or, _before_)_ me_... _for_ (otherwise) _now I had killed thee, &c._ According to this view...
וַ תִּרְאַ֨נִי֙ הָֽ אָתֹ֔ון וַ תֵּ֣ט לְ
BALAAM ON THE WAY Numbers 22:20 THE history is moving towards a great vindication of Israel and prediction of its coming power, all the more impressive that they are to be wrung from an unwilling wit...
BALAAM WARNED WHAT TO SPEAK Numbers 22:21 If only Balaam had abided by his first answer to Balak's request, he would have been saved from the disgrace and suffering which ensued. But he seemed to thi...
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...
CHAPTER XXII....
How striking and unanswerable are the divine remonstrances. See another instance: Genesis 4:7. And depend upon it, in the end of the day, the wicked will be found speechless, and without excuse....
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 ASS SAW ME, AND TURNED FROM ME THESE THREE TIMES,.... The ass saw the angel when Balaam did not, and that was the reason of its turning aside; and it was well for him it did, and therefore he...
And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. Ver. 33. _I had slain thee._] As thou wouldst have slai...
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 the ass saw Me and turned from Me these three times; unless she had turned from Me, surely now also I had slain thee and saved her alive. So the brute had actually saved Balaam's life by her stran...
Balaam's Ass Speaks...
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...
22-35 We must not think, that because God does not always by his providence restrain men from sin, therefore he approves of it, or that it is not hateful to him. The holy angels oppose sin, and perha...
I had slain thee alone, and left her; and therefore her turning aside and falling down was wholly for thy sake and benefit, not for her own, and thy anger against her was unjust and unreasonable....
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 22:33 donkey H860 saw H7200 (H8799) turned H5186 (H8799) Me H6440 three H7969 times H7272 If...
THE ANGEL OF YAHWEH BARS THE WAY THREE TIMES (NUMBERS 22:22). Numbers 22:22 ‘And God's anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of Yahweh placed himself in the way for an adversary against...
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....
_If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them._ NO CONTRADICTION BETWEEN GOD’S TWO ANSWERS TO BALAAM The first time God tells him not to go; the second time He bids him go, but is angry wi...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 22:22 The episode with the donkey exposes Balaam’s prophetic pretensions in a comical way: Balaam, the international expert on magic, cannot see the angel, but his donkey can!...
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...
1 Kings 13:24; Numbers 14:37; Numbers 16:33...
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...
I had slain thee — I had slain thee alone, and not her, therefore her turning aside and falling down was wholly for thy benefit, not for her own, and thy anger against her was unjust and unreasonable....
Why did the angel of the Lord try to kill Balaam, since God had given him permission to go to the plains of Moab? PROBLEM: In Numbers 22:20 God had told Balaam to go with the men to the plains of Moab...