Numbers 23:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Rise up: this word implies, either,

1. The reverence wherewith he should hear and receive God's message, as Eglon did, Judges 3:20, which might have been probable, if Balak had been now sitting, as Ehud there was; but he was standing, Numbers 23:15: or rather,

2. The diligent attention required; Rouse up thyself, and carefully mind what I say.

Numbers 23:18

18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: