“ God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. ”
An unicorn - A wild bull, the now extinct Aurochs, formidable for its size, strength, speed, and ferocity.
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...
strength . heights or heaps of. Hebrew. to'apoth. Only here, Numbers 24:8 ; Job 22:25 (plenty), and Psalms 95:4 (= heights). unicorn. This word is from the Septuagint. The Hebrew is ree...
22. God brouqht them out of Egypt. He assigns a reason for their constant success, i.e., because God has once redeemed this people, He will not forsake the work which He has begun. The ar...
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...
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. The strength of a unicorn - ראם reem and ראים reim. It is generally allowed that there is no such beast in nature as the...
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath, &c.— The alteration of the numbers in our translation renders the meaning sometimes perplexed. It would be better to read the foregoing verse as above; a...
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...
Balaam (continued) 1-10. First Utterance of Balaam.
G od brought them out of Egypt. — Literally, is bringing them. The use of the participle denotes the continuance of the action. He who brought them forth out of Egypt was still conducting them on...
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...
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...
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...
God brought them out of Egypt ,.... With a mighty hand and stretched out arm, and he will conduct them through the wilderness, and bring them safe to Canaan's land; he that brought them from thence...
Out of Egypt Namely, by a strong hand, and in spite of all their enemies, and therefore it is in vain to seek or hope to overcome them. He hath the strength of a unicorn He , Israel, whom God brou...
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...
Balaam Again Blesses Israel. B. C. 1452. 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee...
God brought them out of Egypt, to wit, by a strong hand, and in spite of all their enemies, and therefore it is in vain to seek or hope to overcome them. He; either, 1. God, last mentioned. But...
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...
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,...
unicorn That is, the aurochs, or wild ox.
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...
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath He seen perverseness in Israel. The prophecies of Balaam Prophecy is not Fatalism, but in many cases, at least, a forecasting of the certain c...
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...
The Second Sacrifice and Prophetic Utterance.
Deuteronomy 33:17 ; Exodus 14:18 ; Exodus 20:2 ; Exodus 9:16 ; Job 39:10 ; Job 39:11 ; Numbers 22:5 ; Numbers 24:8 ; Psalms 22:21 ; Psalms 68:35
Out of Egypt — Namely, by a strong hand, and in spite of all their enemies, and therefore it is in vain to seek or hope to overcome them. He — Israel, whom God brought out of Egypt, such change of...