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

“ Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! ”

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

Enchantment ... divination - More strictly “augury” and “soothsayer’s token,” or the omen that was superstitiously observed. “Soothsayer” is the term applied to Balaam in Joshua 13:22 . The ve...
Numbers 23:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: (k) according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! (k) Consi...
Numbers 23:23 - 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 23:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

23. Surely there is no enchantment. This passage is commonly expounded as an encomium on the people, because they are not given to enchantments and magical superstitions, as God also had str...
Numbers 23:23 - 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 23:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! There is no en...
Numbers 23:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, &c.— Here the prophet bursts forth in a noble rapture, and declares to Balak, and the nobles around, that all their impious machinations were in va...
Numbers 23:23 - 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 23:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Balaam (continued) 1-10. First Utterance of Balaam.
Numbers 23:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob... — The verse may be rendered as follows: For there is no augury in Jacob, and there is no divina-Hon in Israel. At the ( set ) time it is told to J...
Numbers 23:23 - 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 23:23 - 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 23:23 - 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 23:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel ,.... Balaam here owns, that all his enchantments and divinations signified nothing, and would never prev...
Numbers 23:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Surely [there is] no enchantment against Jacob, neither [is there] any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! Ver. 23. Su...
Numbers 23:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

No enchantment against Jacob Nor against any that truly believe in Christ! What hath God wrought! How wonderful and glorious are those works which God is now about to do for Israel! These things...
Numbers 23:23 - 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 23:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

I find by experience and serious consideration that all mine and thine endeavours to enchant Israel are in vain, being frustrated by their omnipotent God. I can do thee no service by my art against t...
Numbers 23:23 - 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 23:23 - 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 23:23 - 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 23:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

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

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

1 Thessalonians 1:8 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:9 ; Acts 10:38 ; Acts 15:12 ; Acts 4:16 ; Acts 5:12 ; Acts 5:14 ; Daniel 9:15 ; Galatians 1:23 ; Galatians 1:24 ; Genesis 3:15 ; Isaiah 41:4 ; Isa...
Numbers 23:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Against Jacob — Nor against any that truly believe in Christ. What hath God wrought — How wonderful and glorious are those works which God is now about to do for Israel! These things will be a matt...

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

Numbers 23:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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

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

Numbers 23:23 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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

Numbers 23:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

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

Numbers 23:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Numbers 23:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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

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

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

Numbers 23:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Numbers 23:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

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

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

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

Numbers 23:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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

Numbers 23:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

Numbers 23:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

Numbers 23:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Numbers 23:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes