Numbers 22:38; Numbers 23:20; Numbers 23:26; Numbers 24:13; Proverbs 26:25; Romans 16:18; Titus 1:16
Balak's Sacrifices preliminary to Balaam's second Oracle. Balak's disappointment at Balaam's first utterance leads him to take Balaam to the field...
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. N...
Balaam (continued) 1-10. First Utterance of Balaam.
Cp. 1 Kings 22:13 ; 1 Kings 22:14 . 13-26. Balaam's Second Utterance.
a Blessing instead of a Curse Numbers 22:41 ; Numbers 23:1-12 Notice the position of these Chapter s, preceding the awful story of Baal-peor....
The first of Balaam's prophecies was uttered in the midst of strange surroundings. Sacrifices were offered to heathen gods, while Balaam turned asid...
It appears very plain, that both the employer and the employed mutually disappointed. How striking is the application of that scripture, in which it...
And he answered and said ,.... By reply to Balak: must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth ? pretending a great rega...
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? Ver. 12. Must I not take heed to speak. ] See ho...
Must I not Ought I not? Is it not my duty? Canst thou blame me for it? Thou shalt not see them all Perhaps he thought the sight of all of them mi...
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 Constrained to Bless Israel; The Blessing Pronounced on Israel. B. C. 1452....
I speak not these words by my own choice, but by the constraint of a higher power, which I cannot resist.
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 23:11-12 I. Balaam is a heathen prophet; he is certainly not produced as a favourable specimen of one. In the New Testament he is represen...
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 ....
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? Balaam’s first parable; or, the blessedness of the people of God Balaam’s declaration of the happi...
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 First Sacrifice and Prophetic Utterance.
And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the Lord hath put in my mouth? His excuse was that he was constrained to speak as...
Must I not — Ought I not? Is it not my duty? Canst thou blame me for it?
12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?