Numbers 23:12
What meaning of the numbers 23:12 in the Bible?
What does Numbers 23:12 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?"
What does Numbers 23:12 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?"
THE PARABLES OF BALAAM Chapter S 23-24 _ 1. The first parable (Numbers 23:1)_ 2. Balak's surprise and Balaam's answer (Numbers 23:11) 3. At Zophim (Numbers 23:13) 4. The second parable (Numbers 2...
BALAK'S SACRIFICES PRELIMINARY TO BALAAM'S SECOND ORACLE. Balak's disappointment at Balaam's first utterance leads him to take Balaam to the field of Zophim (or the watchmen) in the hope that the diff...
Balak was angry that Jehovah did not put a curse into Balaam's mouth, and begged him to try again on another spot. The seven-fold sacrifice was again offered....
D. THE FIRST BLESSING OF BALAAM (NUMBERS 23:1-12) TEXT Numbers 23:1. And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2. And Balak did as Balaam...
_AND BALAK SAID UNTO BALAAM, WHAT HAST THOU DONE UNTO ME? I TOOK THEE TO CURSE MINE ENEMIES, AND, BEHOLD, THOU HAST BLESSED THEM ALTOGETHER._ No JFB commentary on these verses....
BALAAM (CONTINUED) 1-10. First Utterance of Balaam....
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 23 BALAAM’S FIRST *PROPHECY – NUMBERS 23:1-12 V1 Balaam said to Balak, ‘Build 7 *altars here. Then bring to me 7 *b...
וַ יַּ֖עַן וַ יֹּאמַ֑ר הֲ לֹ֗א אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָשִׂ֤ים יְהוָה֙ בְּ פִ֔י אֹתֹ֥ו אֶשְׁמֹ֖ר...
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...
The first of Balaam's prophecies was uttered in the midst of strange surroundings. Sacrifices were offered to heathen gods, while Balaam turned aside to inquire of Jehovah. The result was that we hav...
It appears very plain, that both the employer and the employed mutually disappointed. How striking is the application of that scripture, in which it is said, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness...
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 HE ANSWERED AND SAID,.... By reply to Balak: MUST I NOT TAKE HEED TO SPEAK THAT WHICH THE LORD HATH PUT IN MY MOUTH? pretending a great regard to the word of God, and to great carefulness to spea...
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? Ver. 12. _Must I not take heed to speak._] See how those hypocrites mock one with another. _Potest au...
_Must I not_ Ought I not? Is it not my duty? Canst thou blame me for it? _Thou shalt not see them all_ Perhaps he thought the sight of all of them might discourage him, or, as it did before, raise his...
1.13.28 Balaks sacrifice. 7.18 Balaams parable. 1 AND Balaam saide vnto Balak, Build me here seuen Altars, and prepare mee here seuen oxen, and seuen rammes. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken, an...
The First Sacrifice and Prophetic Utterance....
BALAAM'S FIRST PROPHECY (vs.1-12) THE SANCTIFICATION OF ISRAEL Chapter 22:41 tells us that Balak brought Balaam to the high places of Baal in order to prophecy against Israel. Here he observed onl...
11-30 Balak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A second time the curse is turned into a blessin...
I speak not these words by my own choice, but by the constraint of a higher power, which I cannot resist....
Numbers 23:12 answered H6030 (H8799) said H559 (H8799) heed H8104 (H8799) speak H1696 (H8763) LORD H3068 put H7760 (H8799) mouth H6310 Numbers 23:20, Numbers 23:26, Numbers 22:38,...
Numbers 23:11 I. Balaam is a heathen prophet; he is certainly not produced as a favourable specimen of one. In the New Testament he is represented as the very type of false and evil teachers. Yet the...
CONTENTS: Balaam blesses instead of curses Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Balaam, Balak. CONCLUSION: Those who have the good will of heaven may expect the ill will of hell but God will not suffer real inj...
Numbers 23:1. _Seven altars._ The Lord commanded Job's friends to take seven bullocks and seven rams, offered no doubt on seven altars: Job 42:8. This was the highest sacrifice a nation could present....
_How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?_ BALAAM’S FIRST PARABLE; OR, THE BLESSEDNESS OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD Balaam’s declaration of the happiness of Israel sets forth the blessedness of the peop...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 23:1. _Build me here seven altars_. “As _seven_ was a number of perfection, Balaam chose it on this occasion, because he intended to offer a grand sacrifice, an...
NUMBERS 23:1 BUILD ME HERE SEVEN ALTARS. According to the common opinion of the heathen, it was necessary to propitiate with sacrifices the God with whom they had to do, and if possible to secure his...
Numbers 23:1-30 And God met Balaam: and Balaam said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said,...
Numbers 22:38; Numbers 23:20; Numbers 23:26; Numbers 24:13; Proverbs 26:25; Romans 16:18; Titus 1:16...
Must I not — Ought I not? Is it not my duty? Canst thou blame me for it?...