Verse Numbers 22:41. That - he might see the utmost part of the people.] As he thought Balaam must have them all in his eye when he pronounced his curse, lest it might not extend to those who were not in sight. On this account he took him up into the high places of Baal.
THAT THENCE HE MIGHT SEE - Rather, and thence he saw....
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...
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...
THE UTMOST PART. the extremity of the camp....
At this point the narrative of E, interrupted after Numbers 22:21, is resumed. Balak went to the border of his territory to meet Balaam. A sacrificial feast was held, and on the next day Balaam was co...
_and brought him up_ TO BAMOTH-BAAL] See on Numbers 21:19. The name indicates that it was a sanctuary. _the_ END _of the people_ Not the whole body of Israelites to their furthest extremity but only...
INTO THE HIGH PLACES OF BAAL— Balak offered peace-offerings in gratitude to his gods for sending Balaam to assist him against his enemies, Numbers 22:4 and sent to Balaam and the princes to partake of...
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 IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW, THAT BALAK TOOK BALAAM, AND BROUGHT HIM UP INTO THE HIGH PLACES OF BAAL, THAT THENCE HE MIGHT SEE THE UTMOST PART OF THE PEOPLE._ Balak took Balaam; and brought hi...
BAAL] 'Owner' or 'lord'; the name of a deity, usually identical with the sun, and worshipped by a number of early Semitic tribes, including the Phœnicians. The place of worship was commonly the top of...
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
INTO THE HIGH PLACES OF BAAL. — Or, _to Bamoth-Baal._ Bamoth-Baal was probably the first height on the way to the steppes of Moab from which the Israelitish camp could be seen. Hengstenberg observes t...
וַ יְהִ֣י בַ † בֹּ֔קֶר וַ יִּקַּ֤ח...
BALAAM'S PARABLES Numbers 22:39, Numbers 24:1 THE scene is now on some mountain of Moab from which the encampment of the Hebrew tribes in the plain of the Jordan is fully visible. At Kiriath-huzoth,...
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...
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 it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of (t) Baal, that thence he might see the utmost [part] of the people. (t) Where the idol Baal was w...
_People. From the heights or temple of Baal, or the god of Chamos, where a statue or pillar (Septuagint) was erected in his honour, (Calmet) on Mount Arabim, (Menochius) the soothsayer was enabled to...
The long wished for interview is now obtained, and Balak makes sure that he shall now accomplish his wishes against Israel. But Balaam had his fears about him, as conscious sinners sometimes have, tha...
REFLECTIONS PAUSE, my soul, and with horror contemplate the character of the graceless, even in their highest attainments of knowledge, as instanced in the case of wretched Balaam! What a wretched ser...
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 IT CAME TO PASS ON THE MORROW,.... The day after the arrival of Balaam at Balak's royal seat, and after the entertainment given him, and the princes, "on the morning" y of that day, as the word si...
_The high places of Baal_ Consecrated to the worship of Baal, that is, of _Baal-peor_, who was their _Baal_, or _lord_, as the word signifies, a name given to several gods, both male and female. Their...
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 it came to pass on the morrow that Balak took Balaam and brought him up into the high places of Baal, to Bamot-Baal, the first height from which a person could get a glimpse of Israel's camp, THAT...
Balak's charge to Balaam...
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...
36-41 Balak has now nothing to complain of, but that Balaam did not come sooner. Balaam bids Balak not depend too much upon him. He seems to speak with vexation; but is really as desirous to please Ba...
THE HIGH PLACES OF BAAL, i.e. consecrated to the worship of Baal, i.e. of _Baal-peor_, who was their Baal or god, NUMBERS 25:2,3 or of Chemosh. THE UTMOST PART OF THE PEOPLE, i.e. all that people, eve...
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 22:41 day H1242 Balak H1111 took H3947 (H8799) Balaam H1109 up H5927 (H8686) places H1116 Baal...
THE THREEFOLD ACTIVITY OF BALAAM IN MOAB (22:41-24:13). In what follows we now have a triad of attempts by Balak to curse Israel which all follow the same pattern. These are sandwiched between Balaam...
UTMOST "Utmost part," etc, means the end of the encampment, the "fourth part of Israel" (Numbers 23:10). Balak's thought, as Grant (following Keil) points out, was not at all to permit Balaam to see...
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....
_Balaam went with Balak._ THE MEETING BETWEEN BALAK AND BALAAM We have here the meeting between Balak and Balaam, confederate enemies to God’s Israel; but here they seem to differ in their expectati...
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 BALAAM'S PROPHECIES (Numbers 22:41). NUMBERS 22:41 The high places of Baal, or "Bamoth-Baal." Perhaps the Bamoth mentioned in Numbers 21:19
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...
2 Chronicles 11:15; Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 48:35; Numbers 23:13;...
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...
The high places of Baal — Consecrated to the worship of Baal, that is, of Baal Peor, who was their Baal or God. The utmost part — That is, all that people, even to the utmost and remotest of them, as...