Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary
Numbers 22:7
With the rewards of divination It was customary for those who came to consult the prophets, to bring them gifts or gratuities to reward them for their trouble, 1 Samuel 9:7.
With the rewards of divination It was customary for those who came to consult the prophets, to bring them gifts or gratuities to reward them for their trouble, 1 Samuel 9:7.
Verse Numbers 22:7. _THE REWARDS OF DIVINATION_] Whoever went to consult a prophet took with him a present, as it was on such gratuitous offerings the prophets lived; but here more than a mere presen...
REWARDS OF DIVINATION - Rightly interpreted in 2 Peter 2:15 as “the wages of unrighteousness.”...
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...
REWARDS OF DIVINATION. Hebrew "divinations". Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, put for the money which procures it. Compare 2 Peter 2:15....
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...
HE SENT MESSENGERS, THEREFORE, &C.— There is nothing for _therefore_ in the original; and all the sacred historian seems to express is, that after first confederating the Midianites, Balak thought pro...
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 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 THE WORDS OF BALAK._ The rewards of divination -...
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...
REWARDS OF DIVINATION] the presents made to Balaam to secure his offices. In 2 Peter 2:15; Balaam is said to have loved 'the wages of unrighteousness.' 8-21. Balaam, being warned by God in a dream, re...
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
AND THE ELDERS OF MOAB AND THE ELDERS OF MIDIAN. — The close alliance which existed between the two nations appears throughout the whole of the narrative. THE REWARDS OF DIVINATION. — Literally, _the...
וַ יֵּ֨לְכ֜וּ זִקְנֵ֤י מֹואָב֙ וְ זִקְנֵ֣י מִ
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 the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with (d) the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. (d) Thinking to bribe him...
_The price. Hebrew literally, "the enchantments." But they took money, to engage the soothsayer to comply more readily with their iniquitous request, 2 Peter ii. 15. (Septuagint, &c.) It was customary...
Median was a neighboring state to Moab; and therefore Balak, prudently as he thought, called in this state as an auxiliary equally concerned with Moab. Alas! though hand join in hand the wicked shall...
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 ELDERS OF MOAB, AND THE ELDERS OF MIDIAN, DEPARTED,.... By which it appears that they were princes and nobles; for such the elders were, that were sent on this errand to Balaam; and that they...
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 the words of Balak. Ver. 7. _With the rewards of d...
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 elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand, for the rich presents were to induce Balaam to come all the more readily. AND THEY CAME UNTO BALA...
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...
WITH THE REWARDS OF DIVINATION, Heb. _with divinations_; by which he understands not the instruments of divination, which it was needless and absurd to bring to so eminent a diviner, who doubtless was...
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 22:7 elders H2205 Moab H4124 elders H2205 Midian H4080 departed H3212 (H8799) fee H7081 hand H3027 came...
THE ELDERS LEAVE WITH REWARDS IN THEIR HAND TO PERSUADE BALAAM TO CURSE ISRAEL (NUMBERS 22:7). Numbers 22:7 ‘And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination...
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...
1 Samuel 9:7; 1 Samuel 9:8; 1 Timothy 6:10; 1 Timothy 6:9; 2 Peter 2:15
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...