unicorn
That is, the aurochs, or wild ox.
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,...
strength . heights or heaps of. Hebrew. to'apoth. Only here, Numbers 24:8 ; Job 22:25 (plenty), and Psalms 95:4 (= heights). unicorn. This...
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 wi...
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; hearke...
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 all...
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath, &c.— The alteration of the numbers in our translation renders the meaning sometimes perplexed. It would...
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...
Balaam (continued) 1-10. First Utterance of Balaam.
God brought ] rather, 'It is God, and no other, that is bringing them out of Egypt.' They are here under the divine direction: cp. Exodus 20:2 ; E...
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 the...
No Enchantment against Israel Numbers 23:13-30 Balak was surprised and disappointed. He therefore bethought himself of limiting the seer's visi...
The first of Balaam's prophecies was uttered in the midst of strange surroundings. Sacrifices were offered to heathen gods, while Balaam turned asid...
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 relat...
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 t...
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 th...
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...
Balaam Again Blesses Israel. B. C. 1452. ...
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...
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 c...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 23:1 . Build me here seven altars . “As seven was a number of perfection, Balaam chose it on this occasio...
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 ....
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath He seen perverseness in Israel. The prophecies of Balaam Prophecy is not Fatalism, but in ma...
Numbers 23:1 Build me here seven altars. According to the common opinion of the heathen, it was necessary to propitiate with sacrifices the...
The Second Sacrifice and Prophetic Utterance.
God brought them out of Egypt, that occasion being the chief instance when He proved Himself their King, and this mighty work was still going on; he...
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...
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 — Isra...
22 God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.