Numbers 22:40
What meaning of the numbers 22:40 in the Bible?
What does Numbers 22:40 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him."
What does Numbers 22:40 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him."
Verse Numbers 22:40. _AND BALAK OFFERED OXEN, C._] This was to gain the favour of his gods, and perhaps to propitiate Jehovah, that the end for which he had sent for Balaam might be accomplished....
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...
THE MEETING OF BALAK AND BALAAM. Partly from E. and partly from J, but the distribution between the two sources is uncertain. Probably Numbers 22:36 and Numbers 22:38 belong to E, describing (in conti...
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...
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 BALAK OFFERED OXEN AND SHEEP, AND SENT TO BALAAM, AND TO THE PRINCES THAT WERE WITH HIM._ Balak offered oxen and sheep - made preparations for a grand entertainment to Balaam and the princes 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 travelled to the...
AND BALAK OFFERED... — Better, _and Balak slew_ (or, _slaughtered in sacrifice_)_, &c._ The word rendered _offered_ does not necessarily denote anything more than to _slay._ It is very commonly used,...
וַ יִּזְבַּ֥ח בָּלָ֖ק בָּקָ֣ר וָ צֹ֑אן וַ יְשַׁלַּ֣ח לְ בִלְעָ֔ם וְ לַ † שָּׂרִ֖ים...
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,...
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 th...
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...
_With him. Only two servants were mentioned, (ver. 22,) and the princes sent by Balac, ver. 15. Perhaps others from Mesopotamia might attend Balaam. (Haydock) --- The king sent parts of the victims 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...
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 BALAK OFFERED OXEN AND SHEEP,.... Or "slew" w them, either for sacrifice; and if so Balak was the sacrificer, as it was common for kings to be priests; and then Balaam, who was sent for, was the p...
_Sent to Balaam, and to the princes_, &c. Either to invite them to partake of the feast upon the sacrifice, or, having sacrificed, he sent portions of the sacred banquet to him, and the princes whom h...
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...
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...
Or, _killed_, either for sacrifice, or rather for a feast; for the sacrifices were offered after this, NUMBERS 23:1,2. SENT TO BALAAM, to invite him to the feast. The king had left the princes to acco...
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 pro...
Numbers 22:40 Balak H1111 offered H2076 (H8799) oxen H1241 sheep H6629 sent H7971 (H8762) Balaam H1109 princes H8269 Numbers 23:2, Numbers 23:14, Numbers 23:30; Genesis 31:54;...
BALAAM'S ARRIVAL IN MOAB (NUMBERS 22:36). Numbers 22:36 ‘And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him to the City of Moab (or ‘a city of Moab'), which is on the border of the...
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...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 22:36 Balaam reasserts his intention to say only what God allows him to say (v. Numbers 22:38), despite the fee he has been offered. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByT...
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 present...
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...
Genesis 31:54; Numbers 23:14; Numbers 23:2; Numbers 23:30; Proverbs 1:16...
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 princes — Whom the king had left to attend him....