Numbers 22:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. ”

• Numbers 22:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 yi...

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• Numbers 22:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  they... said. Note what they suppressed.

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• Numbers 22:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. Balaam refuseth to come with us - "Observe," says Mr. Ainsworth, "Satan's practice against God's...

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• Numbers 22:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. Lodge here this night ... God usuall...

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• Numbers 22:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Numbers 22:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Balaam refuseth to come with us. — It does not appear that Balaam had told the messengers of Balak the ground of the Divine prohibition; viz., “for they are blessed.” Balak accordingly entertained...

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• Numbers 22:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  BALAAM INVOKED Numbers 22:1-19 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 topog...

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• Numbers 22:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Balaam Sent for, to Curse Israel Numbers 22:1-20 These Chapter s present a surprising contrast between the covetous prophet and his sublime prophecies. It is clearly possible to be the mouthpie...

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• Numbers 22:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 ar...

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• Numbers 22:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  We see those that were messengers of Balak, used deception as well as Balaam. They did not say that the LORD'S hand was in it, and therefore he did not come. But that he refused to come. Probably, by...

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• Numbers 22:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  BALAAM ‘And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the Lord refuseth to give me leave to go with you.… And Balaam rose up in the morning, an...

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• Numbers 22:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the princes of Moab rose up ,.... And the princes of Midian also, immediately, without entering into a parley with him, to persuade him to go with them; perceiving by his answer that it would be...

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• Numbers 22:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Numbers 22:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Balak Sends for Balaam. B. C. 1452.       1 And the children of Israel set forward, and pitche...

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• Numbers 22:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Thus they lay the blame upon Balaam, which he imputed to God.

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• Numbers 22:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Balaam Tells The Messengers To Return Home, And They Return ( Numbers 22:13-14 ) Numbers 22:13 ‘And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the nobles/chieftains of Balak, “Get you into you...

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• Numbers 22:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 Pro...

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• Numbers 22:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 2...

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• Numbers 22:14 - The Biblical Illustrator

  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...

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• Numbers 22:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THE COMING OF BALAAM ( Numbers 22:2-4 ). 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. B...

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• Numbers 22:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The First Invitation Refused

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• Numbers 22:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Numbers 22:13 ; Numbers 22:37

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• Numbers 22:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Woes of the Wicked Balaam Selections from Numbers 22:1-41 INTRODUCTORY WORDS One of the things which sadden the soul is the way that not only professing Christians, but real believing...

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