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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 23:9

not be reckoned. Therefore cannot be in the judgment of Matthew 25:0 , or confused with "the Gentiles, or with the church of God". 1 Corinthians 10:32 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 23:10

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, i e. issue or reward. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 23:11

curse. Hebrew. kabab. See note on Numbers 22:11 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Numbers 23:1

The preparations having been completed, this chapter gives the first two of some seven of the prophecies of Balaam. These are called parables in our version, but these utterances of Balaam bear no resemblance whatever to N.T. parables of Jesus. Whitelaw explained that this type of utterance resembled the "burden" of the later prophets, "in that it was not a discourse uttered to men, but a thing revealed in a man, of which he had to deliver himself as best he might in such words as came to him.... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Numbers 23:7

FIRST ORACLE"From Aram hath Balak brought me,The king of Moab from the mountains of the East:Come, curse me Jacob,And come, defy Israel.How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?For from the top of the rocks I see him,And from the hills I behold him:Lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone,And shall not be reckoned among the nations.Who can count the dust of Jacob,Or number the fourth part of Israel?Let me die the death of the righteous,And let... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Numbers 23:11

"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. And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. And he took him into the field of Zophim, to the top... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 23:1

Numbers 23:1. Build me here seven altars, &c.— That is, say some, in honour of that God who had consecrated the number seven by ceasing from his works of creation on the seventh day. That Balaam sacrificed to Jehovah, the true God, there can be no question; but Psalmanazar's reasons why he erected seven altars seem the most probable. He observes, that the kind and number of victims here mentioned is not only enjoined by the Mosaic law upon various occasions, but also to Job's three friends,... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 23:3

Numbers 23:3. Stand by thy burnt-offering— By which he means not any particular offering, but the whole sacrifice offered on the seven altars. And I will go, says Balaam, i.e. I will retire into solitude and silence to meet the Lord, Numbers 23:15. (see the note on chap. Numbers 24:1.) peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: from which it is inferred, that it was customary in those early times for prophets and other pious persons, after performing the sacred rites, to retire into some... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 23:5

Numbers 23:5. The Lord put a word in Balaam's mouth— Jehovah, in the original; which abundantly proves Balaam to have been a prophet of the true God. Concerning the word parable in the 7th verse, see the note on chap. Numbers 21:27. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 23:9

Numbers 23:9. For from the top of the rocks I see him, &c.— That is, from the top of the rocks on which he then stood: this, and the next expression, may relate not only to the present view he had of the camp of the Israelites, but to their future settlement in Canaan, wherein they were represented to his "mind's eye" as dwelling securely under the protection of the Almighty. The people shall dwell alone, says Hebrews 1:0.e. separated from other nations by peculiar laws, religion, and... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 23:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 23:10

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Numbers 23:11

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Numbers 23:1

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Numbers 23:7

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Numbers 23:11

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 23:1

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 23:3

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 23:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Numbers 23:9

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