Numbers 22:40 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. ”

Numbers 22:40 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 22:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. And Balak offered oxen, etc. - This was to gain the favor of his gods, and perhaps to propitiate Jehovah...
Numbers 22:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 princ...
Numbers 22:40 - 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...
Numbers 22:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Numbers 22:40 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Numbers 22:40 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Numbers 22:40 - 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...
Numbers 22:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Numbers 22:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 th...
Numbers 22:40 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 w...
Numbers 22:40 - 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...
Numbers 22:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Meeting between Balak and Balaam. B. C. 1452. 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was...
Numbers 22:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Numbers 22:40 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Numbers 22:40 - 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...
Numbers 22:40 - 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...
Numbers 22:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Numbers 22:40 - 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...
Numbers 22:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Balak's charge to Balaam
Numbers 22:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 31:54 ; Numbers 23:14 ; Numbers 23:2 ; Numbers 23:30 ; Proverbs 1:16
Numbers 22:40 - 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...
Numbers 22:40 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The princes — Whom the king had left to attend him.

Numbers 22:40 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 22:40 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 22:40 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 22:40 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 22:40 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 22:40 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Numbers 22:40 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 22:40 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 22:40 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 22:40 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 22:40 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 22:40 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 22:40 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 22:40 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 22:40 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 22:40 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 22:40 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 22:40 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 22:40 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 22:40 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 22:40 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 22:40 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Numbers 22:40 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes