Genesis 31:54; Numbers 23:14; Numbers 23:2; Numbers 23:30; Proverbs 1:16
The Meeting of Balak and Balaam. Partly from E. and partly from J, but the distribution between the two sources is uncertain. Probably Numbers 22:...
And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. And Balak offered oxen, etc. - This was to gain the fa...
And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. Balak offered oxen and sheep - made preparations...
Balaam The Israelites now enter upon the last stage of their journey to Canaan. They are within sight of the land of promise, being encamped at th...
Offered oxen ] most probably in sacrifice. It was usual to offer sacrifice at the beginning of any momentous undertaking, or on the arrival of an im...
And Balak offered... — Better, and Balak slew (or, slaughtered in sacrifice ) , &c. The word rendered offered does not necessarily denote...
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 i...
Balaam Warned What to Speak Numbers 22:21-40 If only Balaam had abided by his first answer to Balak's request, he would have been saved from th...
We now come to the story of BaIaarn. It is evident that he was a remarkable personality. He appears in the story as a man of integrity, who attempted...
The long wished for interview is now obtained, and Balak makes sure that he shall now accomplish his wishes against Israel. But Balaam had his fears...
And Balak offered oxen and sheep ,.... Or "slew" w them, either for sacrifice; and if so Balak was the sacrificer, as it was common for kings to be...
Sent to Balaam, and to the princes , &c. Either to invite them to partake of the feast upon the sacrifice, or, having sacrificed, he sent portio...
BALAK HIRING BALAAM (vs.1-21) Still within Moab, Israel moved again to the plains and camped near Jordan, across from Jericho. Moab had no power...
Meeting between Balak and Balaam. B. C. 1452....
Or, killed , either for sacrifice, or rather for a feast; for the sacrifices were offered after this, Numbers 23:1,2 . Sent to Balaam, to invit...
Balaam's Arrival in Moab ( Numbers 22:36-38 ). Numbers 22:36 ‘And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him to the City o...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES We now enter upon the last division of this Book, which comprises fifteen Chapter s (22–36). “In the steppes of Moab...
Numbers 22:5 . To Pethor, which is by the river. A Pethor was in Mesopotamia; the river is thought to be the Euphrates, or one of its branches, di...
Balaam went with Balak. The meeting between Balak and Balaam We have here the meeting between Balak and Balaam, confederate enemies to God’s Is...
EXPOSITION THE COMING OF BALAAM ( Numbers 22:2-4 ). Numbers 22:2 Balak the son of Zippor. The name Balak is connected with a wor...
Balak's charge to Balaam
And Balak offered oxen and sheep, sacrifices of prayer which he apparently intended for the true God, whose favor he hoped to gain in this manner, a...
The Woes of the Wicked Balaam Selections from Numbers 22:1-41 INTRODUCTORY WORDS One of the things which sadden the soul is the way that...
The princes — Whom the king had left to attend him.
40 And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him.