‏ Numbers 23:3-12

Stand Num 23:15

burnt Gen 8:20, Gen 22:2, Gen 22:7-8, Gen 22:13; Exod 18:12; Lev 1:1

peradventure Num 23:15, Num 22:8-9, Num 22:31-35, Num 24:1

went to an high place or, went solitary

God Num 23:16, Num 22:9, Num 22:20

I have prepared Num 23:1; Isa 58:3-4; Matt 20:12; Luke 18:12; John 16:2; Rom 3:27; Eph 2:9

Num 23:16, Num 22:35; Deut 18:18; Prov 16:1, Prov 16:9; Isa 51:16, Isa 59:21; Jer 1:9; Luke 12:12; John 11:51

Num 23:3

he took Num 23:18, Num 24:3, Num 24:15, Num 24:23; Job 27:1, Job 29:1; Ps 78:2; Ezek 17:2, Ezek 20:49; Mic 2:4; Hab 2:6; Matt 13:33, Matt 13:35; Mark 12:12

parable The word mashal, which as a verb is to rule, have authority, and also to compare, as a noun signifies whatever is expressed in parabolic or figurative language. All these oracular speeches of Balaam are in hemistich metre in the original. They are highly dignified and sublime; and may be considered as immediate poetic productions of the Spirit of God (Num 24:2).

Aram Num 22:5; Gen 10:22, Gen 28:2, Gen 28:7; Deut 23:4

Come Num 22:6, Num 22:11, Num 22:17; Prov 26:2

defy Israel 1Sam 17:10, 1Sam 17:25-26, 1Sam 17:36, 1Sam 17:45; 2Sam 21:21, 2Sam 23:9

Num 23:20, Num 23:23; Isa 44:25, Isa 47:12-13

the people They shall ever be a distinct nation. This prophecy has been literally fulfilled, through a period of 3,300 years, to the present day.

dwell alone Exod 19:5-6, Exod 33:16; Deut 33:28; Esth 3:8; 2Cor 6:17; Titus 2:14; 1Pet 2:9

shall not Deut 32:8; Ezra 9:2; Jer 46:28; Amos 9:9; Rom 15:8-10; Eph 2:12-14

can count Gen 13:16, Gen 22:17, Gen 28:14

the dust i.e. The posterity of Jacob, which was to be so numerous as to resemble the dust.

the fourth Num 2:9, Num 2:16, Num 2:24, Num 2:31

me Heb. my soul, or, my life

the death Ps 37:37, Ps 116:15; Prov 14:32; Isa 57:1-2; Luke 2:29-30; 1Cor 3:21-22; 1Cor 15:53-57; 2Cor 5:1; Phil 1:21-23; 2Tim 4:6-8; 2Pet 1:13-15; Rev 14:13

Num 23:7-8, Num 22:11, Num 22:17, Num 24:10; Ps 109:17-20

Num 23:20, Num 23:26, Num 22:38, Num 24:13; Prov 26:25; Rom 16:18; Titus 1:16

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