Numbers 24:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. ”

• Numbers 24:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Returned to his own place - i. e., among the Midianites to plot by new means against the people of God, and to perish in his sin Numbers 31:8 , Numbers 31:16 ; Revelation 2:14 .

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• Numbers 24:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. And Balaam - returned to his place - Intended to have gone to Mesopotamia, his native country, (see Deuteronomy 2...

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• Numbers 24:25 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And Balaam—returned to his place— i.e. say some, he set forward for Mesopotamia, after having given the prince that detestable counsel, the issue of which we shall see in the next chapter; but bein...

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• Numbers 24:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. Balaam ... returned to his place - i:e., to his habitation or home (cf. Numbers 7:14 ) in Mesopotamia. Th...

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• Numbers 24:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Balaam (continued) 1-9. Balaam's Third Utterance.

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• Numbers 24:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And returned to his place. — Balaam probably set out with the intention of returning home. He. turned towards his place. The sequel shows that he remained amongst the Midianites, and perished wit...

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• Numbers 24:25 - 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...

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• Numbers 24:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  the “Star out of Jacob” Numbers 24:15-25 When your heart is dismayed because of the hatred and opposition of Satan; the great accuser, turn to this chapter. If he stands up to resist, the Son o...

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• Numbers 24:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  From the closing sentences in chapter twenty-three we learn that Balaam was taken to yet another place of vision, from whence he looked on the desert. The Spirit of God came upon him and again he utt...

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• Numbers 24:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  REFLECTIONS READER! do not take a farewell review of the history of Balaam and Balak, without first imploring grace from GOD to take with you the several most interesting improvements which it holds...

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• Numbers 24:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place ,.... The country from whence he came, that is, he went from Balak, according to his command, in order to return to his own land; for he seems...

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• Numbers 24:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. Ver. 25. Returned to his place. ] Homewards he went, but stayed amongst the Midianites, and soon after came bac...

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• Numbers 24:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Balaam went to his place To Mesopotamia; though afterward he returned to the Midianites, and gave them that wicked counsel which was put in practice, chap. 25. And it appears, from Numbers 31:8 ,...

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• Numbers 24:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  BALAAM'S THIRD PROPHECY (vs.1-13) THE BEAUTY OF LIFE At least Balaam had learned by now that the Lord had the unchangeable purpose of blessing Israel, so this time he knew it was useless to s...

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• Numbers 24:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Balaam's Prophecy. B. C. 1452.       15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son...

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• Numbers 24:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  To his place, i.e. to Mesopotamia. Object: He went only to Midian, where he was slain, Numbers 31:8 . Answ. 1. He is said to return home, because he intended and began to do so, though he...

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• Numbers 24:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.' The affair of Balaam was now concluded. Israel remained blessed and Balak went one way and Balaam another, wit...

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• Numbers 24:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 24:1 . To seek for enchantments . See Notes on Numbers 23:3 ; Numbers 23:23 . He set his face toward the wilderness, i.e. , towards the plains of Moab, w...

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• Numbers 24:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Numbers 24:7 . He shall pour the water. This is a fine prediction of the increase of Jacob's seed, and of the temporal blessings which should fall to their lot. Agag, a perpetual name assumed by t...

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• Numbers 24:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Balaam rose up, and went, and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. The parting of Balaam and Balak: the separations of life I. Balaam and Balak parted, having utterly failed in t...

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• Numbers 24:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  Numbers 24:1 As at other times, or, "as (he had done) time after time." Septuagint, κατὰ τὸ εἰωθός. To seek for enchantments. Rather, "for the meeting with aunties." לִקְמראת נְח...

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• Numbers 24:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Of The Star of Jacob.

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• Numbers 24:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Joshua 13:22 ; Numbers 24:11 ; Numbers 31:8

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• Numbers 24:25 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  To his place — To Mesopotamia; tho' afterwards he returned to the Midianites, and gave them that devilish counsel which was put in practice, Numbers 25:16-18 .

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