Numbers 23:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. ”

Numbers 23:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I have received commandment to bless - literally, “I have received to bless.” The reason of his blessing lay in the augury which he acknowledged, and in the divine overruling impulse which he cou...
Numbers 23:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Balaam's Second Oracle. This goes beyond the preceding in frustrating the hopes of Balak, for it declares that God has not only not cursed Israel, but has positively blessed it, and describes Israe...
Numbers 23:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

He hath blessed. Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint read "I will bless".
Numbers 23:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. Behold I have received commandment to bless. He signifies that a command to bless had been given him, antl a positive law laid down for him. For, as has been said, he was not free and in...
Numbers 23:20 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 173 BALAAM’S SECOND ATTEMPT TO CURSE ISRAEL Numbers 23:18-23 . And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: God is not a man, t...
Numbers 23:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Numbers 23:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: `Rise up, Balak, and hear! Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippori! God is not a man, that h...
Numbers 23:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Balaam (continued) 1-10. First Utterance of Balaam.
Numbers 23:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

No Enchantment against Israel Numbers 23:13-30 Balak was surprised and disappointed. He therefore bethought himself of limiting the seer's vision, so that he might see an attenuated Israel from...
Numbers 23:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 ha...
Numbers 23:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These are very precious truths; and doubly so when read with an eye to the evidence they bring with them, as they are in JESUS. In the covenant relationship of GOD in CHRIST, the word, the oath, the...
Numbers 23:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless ,.... The people of Israel, to pronounce a blessing upon them, to declare them a happy people: and he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it ; God has...
Numbers 23:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, I have received [commandment] to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. Ver. 20. Behold, I have, &c. ] A bad man may bless by command from God, and he say Amen to it. The...
Numbers 23:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 observe...
Numbers 23:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Balaam Again Blesses Israel. B. C. 1452. 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee...
Numbers 23:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, I have received a blessing , to wit, a sentence of blessing, which God hath put into my mind and mouth, and which I cannot forbear to utter. Heb. I have received to bless . The infinitive put f...
Numbers 23:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 23:18-24 (18a-24) ‘And he took up his incantation (parable),' Once again Balaam gave out his incantation. Note even here the chiastic construction. Numbers 23:18-24 (18b-24) “Rise...
Numbers 23:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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,...
Numbers 23:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 pre...
Numbers 23:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

He hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. Immutable benedictions I. Blessings are decreed for the people of God. The difficulty of believing in the glorious truth of the supreme blessedness of...
Numbers 23:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 s...
Numbers 23:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Second Sacrifice and Prophetic Utterance.
Numbers 23:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 1:5 ; Genesis 12:2 ; Genesis 22:17 ; John 10:27-29 ; Numbers 22:12 ; Numbers 22:18 ; Numbers 22:38 ; Romans 8:38 ; Romans 8:39

Numbers 23:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Numbers 23:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 23:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Numbers 23:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 23:20 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Numbers 23:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Numbers 23:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Numbers 23:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 23:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Numbers 23:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Numbers 23:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Numbers 23:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Numbers 23:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 23:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 23:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Numbers 23:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Numbers 23:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Numbers 23:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Numbers 23:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Numbers 23:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 23:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 23:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Numbers 23:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge