“ And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.b ”
Kirjath-buzoth - i. e., “city of streets,” within Balak’s dominions, south of the Arnon, and identified either with the ruins of Shihan, 4 miles west by south of the site assigned to Ar or Ir, or...
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 (i...
39. And Balaam went with Balak. Moses proceeds to relate how honorably and sumptuously Balaam was received. And first, he records that he was taken to the city of Huzoth; (150) which some w...
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth.
They came unto Kirjath-huzoth— i.e. according to the margin, a city of streets, which was, probably, the capital city of the kingdom, and so called on account of its extent.
And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth. Kirjath-huzoth - a city of streets. Its site is unknown. But the street was regarded as the leading characteristic of the city (...
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...
BALAAM'S PARABLES Numbers 22:39-41 , Numbers 24:1-9 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 Kir...
Balaam Warned What to Speak Numbers 22:21-40 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 seem...
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...
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, th...
And Balaam went with Balak ,.... From Ar of Moab, or, however, from the place where they met, to the royal city where Balak had his palace, and seems to be the place following: and they came to Ki...
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...
Meeting between Balak and Balaam. B. C. 1452. 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was...
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Balaam's Arrival in Moab ( Numbers 22:36-38 ). 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 bord...
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...
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...
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 expect...
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...
Balak's charge to Balaam
Numbers 22:39
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...