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Numbers 23:2 open_in_new
as. according to what.
offered. offered up. Hebrew. 'alah. See App-43.
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Numbers 23:3 open_in_new
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. See App-4.
meet: in. neutral sense. Hebrew. kar'a.
he went. Hebrew he went solitary. Compare Numbers 24:1.
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Numbers 23:4 open_in_new
God. Hebrew. 'Elohim. See App-4.
met: in. hostile sense. Hebrew. karah.
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Numbers 23:5 open_in_new
put. word. This is inspiration.
said. See note on Numbers 3:40.
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Numbers 23:6 open_in_new
lo. Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6).
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Numbers 23:7 open_in_new
curse. Hebrew. 'arar. See notes on Numbers 22:6; Numbers 22:11.
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Numbers 23:8 open_in_new
How... ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
curse. revile. Hebrew. nakab.
GOD. Hebrew. 'El. the mighty God. See App-4.
cursed. Hebrew. kabab. to pierce with words.
defy... defied. Hebrew. za'am = to be enraged with.
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Numbers 23:9 open_in_new
not be reckoned. Therefore cannot be in the judgment of Matthew 25, or confused with "the Gentiles, or with the church of God". 1 Corinthians 10:32.
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Numbers 23:10 open_in_new
Who can count. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
the number of. Who can number? Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6). So with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint. The word "number" is thought by Ginsburg to be an abbreviation of two words. "Who can number? "
me die. my soul die. Hebrew. nephesh. See App-13.
righteous. upright. To die the death of the righteous one must have the righteousness of the righteous.
last end. latter end,. e. issue or reward.
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Numbers 23:11 open_in_new
curse. Hebrew. kabab. See note on Numbers 22:11.
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Numbers 23:15 open_in_new
burnt offering. Some codices, one early printed edition, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac, read "offerings" (plural).
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Numbers 23:19 open_in_new
Hath He said. Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.
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Numbers 23:20 open_in_new
He hath blessed. Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint read "I will bless".
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Numbers 23:21 open_in_new
iniquity. Hebrew. 'avon, trespass. App-44.
perverseness. Hebrew. 'amal. App-44.
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Numbers 23:22 open_in_new
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 m. Supposed to be the rhinoceros, buffalo, or antelope: always rendered "unicorn" in Authorized Version.
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Numbers 23:28 open_in_new
Jeshimon. See note on Numbers 21:20.
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Numbers 23:30 open_in_new
offered. offered up. Hebrew. 'alah. App-43.