Moses smiteth the rock.

Ex.2.2, Moses, ch.31.3.

NUMBERS, 21

10 And Mō'şeş and Aâr'on gath- tion, journeyed from Ka'desh,
ered the congregation together and came unto mount Hôr.
See Self-exaltation, Pr.17.19. before the rock, and he said un- 23 And the LORD spake unto
Ge.4.5, Man's Wrath.

to them, Hear now, ye rebels; Moses and Aâr'on in mount
must we fetch you water out of Hôr, by the coast of the land of
this rock?
E'dom, saying,

Death of Aaron.

Mt. Hor, ch.21.4.

Ge.11.4, Presumption (2), 11 And Mō'şeş lifted up his 24 Aâr'on shall be gathered Ge.3.19, Deaths Foretold, [2 Chr.26.16. hand, and with his rod he smote unto his people: for he shall [ch.31.2.

Ge.3.11, Disobedience (2), the rock twice: and the water not enter into the land which ch.14.23, Exclusion (1). [Jos.7.1. came out abundantly, and the I have given unto the children Ge.21.14, Water, Jud.15.19. congregation drank, and their of Is'ra-el, because ye rebelled 1 S.8.7, Rebellion (2). against my word at the water

beasts also.

12 ¶And the LORD spake unto of Mĕr'i-bah.

Mō'şeş and Aâr'on, Because ye 25 Take Aâr'on and E-le-a'zar Ex.4.14, Aaron, v.28.
believed me not, to sanctify me his son, and bring them up unto
in the eyes of the children of mount Hôr:

[Eze.44.17.

Ex.6.23, Eleazar, ch.26.63.

Ge.2.17, Sin's Penalty.

Iş'ra-el, therefore ye shall not 26 And strip Aâr'on of his gar- Ex.28.2, Priests' Garments,
bring this congregation into the ments, and put them upon E-le-
land which I have given them. a'zar his son: and Aâr'on shall
13 This is the water of Mer'i- be gathered unto his people,
bah; because the children of and shall die there.
Iş'ra-el strove with the LORD, 27 And Mo'şeş did as the LORD Ge.6.22, Obedience (2).
and he was sanctified in them. commanded: and they went up
14 ¶And Mo'şeş sent messen- into mount Hôr in the sight of v.22, Mt. Hor.
gers from Ka'desh unto the all the congregation.
Le.4.13, Congregation.
king of E'dom, Thus saith thy 28 And Mō'şeş stripped Aâr'on Ex.4.14, Aaron.
brother Is'ra-el, Thou knowest of his garments, and put themup-
all the travel that hath befall- on E-le-a'zar his son; and Aâr'-

en us:

[2 S.14.14.

on died there in the top of the See Death Universal, p.p.Ge.46.6; Ex.12.40. 15 How our fathers went down mount: and Mō'şeş and E-le-aGe.12.10, Egypt. into Egypt, and we have dwelt zar came down from the mount. Ex.1.11, Bondage of Israel, in Egypt a long time; and the 29 And when all the congrega[Ps.105.25. E-gyptians vexed us, and our tion saw that Aâr'on was dead, Ex.1.14, Oppression (2). fathers: Ex.2.23, Crying to God.

2 S.22.7, Divine Hearing. De.8.2, Divine Leader.

p.p.ch.21.22.

Ge.21.14, Water.
Ge.21.30, Wells.

Ge.36.9, Edomites, De.2.4.
Inhospitality, ch.21.23.

D.D.De.2.6.

p.p.Jud.11.17.

Ezr.4.4, Opposers.

Ge.4.9, Selfishness (2),

they mourned for Aâr'on thirty Ge.50.3, Mourning, De.34.8. 16 And when we cried unto the days, even all the house of Is'LORD, he heard our voice, and ra-el.

through thy pass pray the AND when king. A ride the DD.Ch.33-40naanites.

not pass through the fields, or the south, heard tell that Iş'ra-el
through the vineyards, neither came by the way of the spies;

will we drink of the water of then he fought against Is'ra-el, Ezr.4.4. Opposers.
the wells: we will go by the and took some of them prison- Ge.14.12, Captives.
king's high way, we will not ers.

[Jud.11.30.

turn to the right hand nor to 2 And Is'ra-el vowed a vow un- Ge.28.20, Vows Made,
the left, until we have passed to the LORD, and said, If thou
thy borders.
wilt indeed deliver this people
18 And E'dom said unto him, into my hand, then I will utterly
Thou shalt not pass by me, lest destroy their cities.

ch.31.7, Extermination.

I come out against thee with 3 And the LORD hearkened to 2 S.22.7, Divine Hearing.
the sword.
the voice of Iş'ra-el, and deliv- Ex.14.14, God of Battles.
19 And the children of Iş'ra-el ered up the Ca'nǎan-ites; and
said unto him, We will go by the they utterly destroyed them and Destruction (3), De.2.34.
high way: and if I and my cat- their cities: and he called the
tle drink of thy water, then I name of the place Hôr'mah.
will pay for it: I will only, with- 4 TAnd they journeyed from
out doing any thing else, go mount Hôr by the way of the ch.20.22, Mt. Hor, ch.33.37.
through on my feet.
Red sea, to compass the land of Ex.10.19, Red Sea.

ch.14.45, Hormah.

20 And he said, Thou shalt not E'dom: and the soul of the peo-
go through. And E'dom came ple was much discouraged be- Discouragement, Ne.4.10.
out against him with much peo- cause of the way.

ple, and with a strong hand. 5 And the people spake against Ex.14.11, Murmuring (2),
21 Thus E'dom refused to give God, and against Mo'ses, Where-

[Ps.77.3.

[Jud.8.6. Is'ra-el passage through his bor- fore have ye brought us up out of
der: wherefore Iş'ra-el turned Egypt to die in the wilderness?
away from him.
for there is no bread, neither is De.32.6, Ingratitude (1).
22 TAnd the children of Is'ra- there any water; and our soul ch.20.2, Dry Places.
Jel, even the whole congrega- loatheth this light bread. Ex.16.4, Manna.

The brazen serpent.

NUMBERS, 21

Journeys of the Israelites Ex.4.3, Serpents(1),De.8.15. 6 And the LORD sent fiery ser- Mō'ab, to the top of Piş'gah, Mt. Pisgah, ch.23.14. De.32.35, Divine Vengeance. pents among the people, and which looketh toward Jesh ́iPs.37.36, Death of the they bit the people; and much mon. [Wicked. people of Iş'ra-el died.

Confession of Sin (2),

Ge.10.16, Amorites.

[Jos.9.4.

21 TAnd Iş'ra-el sent messen- ch.20.14, Ambassadors, 7 Therefore the people came gers unto Si'hon king of the Sihon, De.2.31. to Mo ́ses, and said, We have Am ́ôr-ites, saying, [Jud.10.10. sinned, for we have spoken 22 Let me pass through thy p.p.ch.20.17. against the LORD, and against land: we will not turn into the thee; pray unto the LORD, that fields, or into the vineyards; he take away the serpents from we will not drink of the waters us. And Mo'şeş prayed for the of the well: but we will go along Ge.21.30, Wells. people. by the king's high way, until we 8 And the LORD said unto Mo'-be past thy borders.

Ge.42.21, Guilt, Ezr.9.6. 1 S.7.8, Prayer Sought.

Ex.32.32, Intercession (3).

Ex.34.7, Mercy Promised.
See Salvation (2), Lu.1.69.
Brazen Serpent, 2 K.18.4.

1 K.8.56, God's Word Sure. Mt.8.13, Faith (4).

See Christ the Life, Jn.1.4

ch.26.3, Moab.

Arnon, ch.22.36.

Ge.10.16, Amorites.

1 S.10.25, Books.
ch.13.23, Brooks, De.2.13.

ch.26.3, Moab.

Ge. 21.30, Wells.

[De.23.4

şeş, Make thee a fiery serpent, 23 And Si ́hon would not suffer ch.20.18, Inhospitality,
and set it upon a pole: and it Is'ra-el to pass through his bor-
shall come to pass, that every der: but Si'hon gathered all his

one that is bitten, when he look-people together, and went out Ezr.4.4, Opposers.
eth upon it, shall live.
against Is'ra-el into the wilder-

9 And Mō'şeş made a serpent ness: and he came to Ja ́hăz, and
of brass, and put it upon a pole, fought against Iş'ra-el.

and it came to pass, that if a 24 And Iş'ra-el smote him with
serpent had bitten any man, the edge of the sword, and pos- Ge.14.15, Victories.
when he beheld the serpent of sessed his land from Är'non un-Jos.6.20, Conquests.
brass, he lived.
to Jab'bok, even unto the chil- Ge.32.22, Jabbok, De.2.37.
10 ¶And the children of Is'-dren of Am'mon: for the border ch.13.23, Brooks.
ra-el set forward, and pitched in of the children of Am'mon was
Ō'both.

strong.

11 And they journeyed from 25 And Iş'ra-el took all these
O'both, and pitched at Ij'e-ab'a- cities: and Is'ra-el dwelt in all

rim, in the wilderness which is the cities of the Am'ôr-ites, in Ge.10.16, Amorites.
before Mo'ab, toward the sun- Hěsh bon, and in all the villages
rising.

thereof.

12 From thence they re- 26 For Hěsh'bon was the city Heshbon, De.2.24.
moved, and pitched in the val- of Si'hon the king of the Am ́ôr- v.21, Sihon.
ley of Za'red.
ites, who had fought against the
13 From thence they removed, former king of Mo'ab, and taken
and pitched on the other side of all his land out of his hand, even
Är'non, which is in the wilder- unto Är'non.
ness that cometh out of the 27 Wherefore they that speak
coasts of the Am'ôr-ites: for in proverbs say, Come into Hěsh'-
Är'non is the border of Mo'ab, bon, let the city of Si'hon be
between Mō'ab and the Am ́ôr- built and prepared:
ites.
28 For there is a fire gone out

v.13, Arnon.

14 Wherefore it is said in the of Hěsh'bon, a flame from the
book of the wars of the LORD, city of Si'hon: it hath con- p.p.De.2.9.
What he did in the Red sea, and sumed Är of Mo'ab, and the
in the brooks of Är'non, lords of the high places of Är'-

15 And at the stream of the non.
brooks that goeth down to the 29 Woe to thee, Mo'ab! thou Is.5.8, Woes.
dwelling of Är, and lieth upon art undone, O people of Che ́- Chemosh, Jud.11.24.
the border of Mō'ab.
mosh: he hath given his sons

16 And from thence they that escaped, and his daughters,
went to Be'er: that is the well into captivity unto Si'hon king Ge.14.12, Captives.
whereof the LORD spake unto of the Am'ôr-ites.

Mo'ses, Gather the people to- 30 We have shot at them;
See Living Water, Song 4.15. gether, and I will give them Hěsh bon is perished even unto
Ge.21.14, Water.

Singing (2), 2 Chr.20.22.

ch.1.16, Princes.

Ex.34.32, Lawgiver (2).

water.

Ge.10.16, Amorites.

Dibon, and we have laid them Dibon, ch.32.3. 17 Then İş'ra-el sang this song, waste even unto No'phah, which Pr.11.5, Fall of the Wicked. Spring up, O well; sing ye unto reacheth unto Měd'e-bȧ. it: 31 Thus Is'ra-el dwelt in the 18 The princes digged the well, land of the Am'ôr-ites. the nobles of the people digged 32 And Mo'şeş sent to spy out Ge.42.9, Spies, De.1.22. it, by the direction of the law-Ja-a ́zēr, and they took the vil- Jazer, ch.32.1. giver, with their staves. And lages thereof, and drove out the Jos.6.20, Conquests. from the wilderness they went Am'ôr-ites that were there.

19 And from Măt'ta-nah to up by the way of Ba'shăn: and Bashan, ch.32.33.
Na-hali-el: and from Na-ha'li- Ög the king of Ba'shăn went out Og, De.3.11.
el to Ba'moth:
against them, he, and all his Ezr.4.4, Opposers.
people, to the battle at Ed're-i.

Ge.25.2, Midian, ch.31.3.

Balaam, v.12.
D.D.De.23.4.

Ps.10.7, Cursing. p.p.ch.23.7.

Ps.118.9, Trust in Man.
p.p.Ex.23.8; Pr.17.23.
Earthly Reward, v.17.
Ge.44.15, Divination,

[De.18.14.

thou shalt do to him as thou 11 Behold, there is a people
didst unto Si'hon king of the come out of Egypt, which cov-
Am'ôr-ites, which dwelt at Hěsh'- ereth the face of the earth:
bon.

35 So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land.

CHAPTER 22

Balak's first message for Balaam re-
fused: 15 his second obtaineth him:
22 an angel would have slain him,

if his ass had not saved him.

AND the children of Israel

come now, curse me them; per-
adventure I shall be able to over-
come them, and drive them out.

for Balaam.

12 And God said unto Ba'- v.5, Balaam, v.21. laam, Thou shalt not go with De.4.39, Sovereignty of God. them; thou shalt not curse the Ex.19.5, God's People. people: for they are blessed. Ex.23.25, Blessings (2). 13 And Ba'laam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refus- Ge.6.22, Obedience (2).

eth to give me leave to go with

set forward, and pitched in you. the plains of Mo'ab on this side Jôr'dan by Jer'^i-chō.

2 ¶And Ba ́lăk the son of Zip'por saw all that İş'ra-el had done to the Am'ôr-ites.

14 And the princes of Mo'ab rose up, and they went unto Bā'lăk, and said, Bā ́laam refuseth to come with us.

15 ¶And Ba'lăk sent yet again princes, more, and more hon

3 And Mō'ab was sore afraid of
the people, because they were ourable than they.
many: and Mo'ab was distressed 16 And they came to Ba'laam,
because of the children of Is'- and said to him, Thus saith Ba'-
ra-el.
lak the son of Zip'por, Let noth-

4 And Mo'ab said unto the eld-ing, I pray thee, hinder thee
ers of Midi-an, Now shall this from coming unto me:

[De.16.19.

company lick up all that are 17 For I will promote thee un- Jud.16.5, Bribery (2).
round about us, as the ox licketh to very great honour, and I will Earthly Honor, 1 Chr.29.28.
up the grass of the field. And do whatsoever thou sayest unto v.7, Earthly Reward,
Balak the son of Zip'por was me: come therefore, I pray thee,
king of the Mo'ab-ites at that curse me this people.
time.
18 And Ba'laam answered and
5 He sent messengers therefore said unto the servants of Bā'-
unto Ba'laam the son of Be'or to lak, If Balak would give me his
Pe'thôr, which is by the river of house full of silver and gold, I De.4.39,Sovereignty of God.
the land of the children of his cannot go beyond the word of ch.11.25, Inspiration (3).
people, to call him, saying, Be- the LORD my God, to do less or Jb.3.23, Limitations.
hold, there is a people come out more.

from Egypt: behold, they cover 19 Now therefore, I pray you,

the face of the earth, and they tarry ye also here this night,
abide over against me:
that I may know what the LORD

6 Come now therefore, I pray will say unto me more.
thee, curse me this people; for 20 And God came unto Ba-
they are too mighty for me: per- laam at night, and said unto
adventure I shall prevail, that him, If the men come to call

we may smite them, and that I thee, rise up, and go with p.p.Ps.33.11.
may drive them out of the land: them; but yet the word which
for I wot that he whom thou I shall say unto thee, that shalt
blessest is blessed, and he whom thou do.

thou cursest is cursed.

21 And Balaam rose up in the v.5, Balaam, v.36.
7 And the elders of Mō'ab and morning, and saddled his ass,
the elders of Midi-an departed and went with the princes of Jos.7.21, Avarice (2).
with the rewards of divination Mō'ab.

in their hand; and they came 22 ¶And God's anger was kin- Ex.4.14,God'sAnger,ch.25.3.
unto Balaam, and spake unto dled because he went: and the
him the words of Ba'ĺǎk.

[Ge.19.1.

angel of the LORD stood in the See Angels of Wrath, 8 And he said unto them, way for an adversary against Lodge here this night, and I will him. Now he was riding upon Ge.25.22, Inquiring of God. bring you word again, as the his ass, and his two servants LORD shall speak unto me: and were with him.

the princes of Mō'ab abode with 23 And the ass saw the angel p.p.2 K.6.17; Da.10.7.
Balaam.
of the LORD standing in the

Ge.12.7,Divine Appearances. 9 And God came unto Bālaam, way, and his sword drawn in De.32.41, Sword of the Lord. and said, What men are these his hand: and the ass turned

Balaam and the angel.

NUMBERS, 23

Balak's sacrific

v.27, Cruelty (3).

p.p.Ho.2.6.

Ge.4.5, Man's Wrath.
Cruelty (3), 2 S.8.4.
Ex.4.21, Wonders.

Ge.22.3, Asses, De.22.10.
p.p.Lu.19.40.

p.p.Ec.9.3; Je.17.9.

p.p.1 Co.1.27.

smote the ass, to turn her into out to meet him unto a city of
Mo'ab, which is in the border ch.26.3, Moab.

the way.

24 But the angel of the LORD of Är'non, which is in the ut- ch.21.13, Arnon, De.2.24
stood in a path of the vine-most coast.

yards, a wall being on this side, 37 And Bălăk said unto Ba ́-
laam, Did I not earnestly send
and a wall on that side.

25 And when the ass saw the unto thee to call thee? where-
angel of the LORD, she thrust fore camest thou not unto me?
herself unto the wall, and am I not able indeed to promote See Promotion, Ge.39.5.
v.17, Earthly Honor.
crushed Ba'laam's foot against thee to honour?

the wall: and he smote her 38 And Ba'laam said unto Ba'-
lăk, Lo, I am come unto thee:
again.
26 And the angel of the LORD have I now any power at all to Jb.3.23, Limitations.
went further, and stood in a say any thing? the word that Je.1.7, Speak "The Word.'
no God putteth in my mouth, that ch.11.25, Inspiration (3).
narrow place, where was
way to turn either to the right shall I speak.

hand or to the left.

39 And Ba'laam went with

27 And when the ass saw the Ba'lak, and they came unto Kir'

angel of the LORD, she fell jath-huʼzoth.

down under Ba'laam: and Ba'- 40 And Ba'lak offered oxen Ge.46.1, Sacrifices (1).
laam's anger was kindled, and and sheep, and sent to Ba ́laam,
he smote the ass with a staff.

and to the princes that were

28 And the LORD opened the with him.
mouth of the ass, and she said 41 And it came to pass on the
unto Ba'laam, What have I done morrow, that Ba'lăk took Ba'-
unto thee, that thou hast smit- laam, and brought him up into
ten me these three times?

Baal, Jud.2.11.
the high places of Ba'al, that High Places, 1 K.11.7.
29 And Ba ́laam said unto the thence he might see the utmost
ass, Because thou hast mocked part of the people.
me: I would there were a sword

CHAPTER 23

in mine hand, for now would I Balak's sacrifices. 7, 18 Balaam's B.C.1452.
parables.
kill thee.

30 And the ass said unto Ba- AND Balaam said unto Ba-
lăk, Build me here seven Ex.25.37, Seven.
laam, Am not I thine ass, upon
which thou hast ridden ever altars, and prepare me here
since I was thine unto this seven oxen and seven rams.
day? was I ever wont to do so 2 And Ba ́lăk did as Bā'laam
unto thee? And he said, Nay. had spoken; and Ba'lăk and
31 Then the LORD opened the Ba'laam offered on every altar
eyes of Ba'laam, and he saw a bullock and a ram.
the angel of the LORD stand- 3 And Ba'laam said unto Ba'-
[Jud.2.1. ing in the way, and his sword lak, Stand by thy burnt offer- Ge.46.1, Sacrifices (1).
drawn in his hand: and he ing, and I will go: peradven-
bowed down his head, and fell ture the LORD will come to meet 2 Chr.11.16, Seekers.
me: and whatsoever he shew-
flat on his face.

Ge.21.19, Eyes Opened,
[2 K.6.17.
Ge.32.1, Angels Appear,

Jb.40.12, Abasement (1).

Ge.3.17, Sin Rebuked.

Pr.2.15, Evil Way.
Pr.11.3, Perverseness.

Confession of Sin (3),
[Jos.7.20.
Ps.92.6, Dullness (1).

32 And the angel of the LORD eth me I will tell thee. And he

said unto him, Wherefore hast went to an high place.

Ex.29.11, Bullocks.
Ge.15.9, Rams.

thou smitten thine ass these 4 And God met Ba ́laam: and Ge.12.7,DivineAppearances.
three times? behold, I went out he said unto him, I have pre-
to withstand thee, because thy pared seven altars, and I have
offered upon every altar a bul-
way is perverse before me:

33 And the ass saw me, and lock and a ram.

turned from me these three 5 And the LORD put a word in ch.11.25,Inspiration (3), v.12.
times: unless she had turned Balaam's mouth, and said, Re-

from me, surely now also I had turn unto Bā'lăk, and thus thou
slain thee, and saved her alive. shalt speak.

34 And Ba'laam said unto the 6 And he returned unto him,
angel of the LORD, I have and, lo, he stood by his burnt
sinned; for I knew not that sacrifice, he, and all the princes
thou stoodest in the way of Mo'ab.

against me: now therefore, if 7 And he took up his parable,
it displease thee, I will get me and said, Ba'lăk the king of
Mo'ab hath brought me from
back again.

35 And the angel of the LORD A'ram, out of the mountains of p.p.Ge.10.22.
said unto Balaam, Go with the the east, saying, Come, curse

Je.1.7, Speak "The Word." men: but only the word that I me Ja'cob, and come, defy Is'- p.p.1 S.17.10.

shall speak unto thee, that thou ra-el.

shalt speak. So Ba'laam went 8 How shall I curse, whom God 1 S.25.39, Divine Restraints. with the princes of Ba'lǎk.

hath not cursed? or how shall I

36 And when Ba'lăk heard defy, whom the LORD hath not

that Ba'laam was come, he went defied?

Balaam's prophecy of

NUMBERS, 24

Israel's happiness.

Ps.8.3, God's Works.

9 For from the top of the rocks there any divination against Is- Ge.44.15, Divination. I see him, and from the hills Ira-el: according to this time it p.p.Ps.31.19. Ex.6.7, Israel (2), De.4.37. behold him: lo, the people shall shall be said of Jacob and of Is'Ex.33.16, Separation (2), dwell alone, and shall not be ra-el, What hath God wrought! [De.7.2. reckoned among the nations. 24 Behold, the people shall rise Ps.25.13, Seed of the Right- 10 Who can count the dust of up as a great lion, and lift up [eous. Ja'cob, and the number of the himself as a young lion: he Ge.15.5, Posterity Promised. fourth part of Iş'ra-el? Let me shall not lie down until he eat Death of Righteous, Ps.23.4. die the death of the righteous, of the prey, and drink the blood De.7.24, Invincibility. and let my last end be like his! of the slain.

11 And Bălăk said unto Ba'- 25 ¶And Ba ́lăk said unto Ba'laam, What hast thou done un-laam, Neither curse them at all, to me? I took thee to curse nor bless them at all.

mine enemies, and, behold, thou 26 But Bā'laam answered and

hast blessed them altogether. said unto Ba ́lăk, Told not I thee, Ge.6.22, Obedience (2).
12 And he answered and said, saying, All that the LORD speak- De.4.39,Sovereignty of God.
Must I not take heed to speak eth, that I must do?

that which the LORD hath put 27 ¶And Ba'lăk said unto Ba'-
in my mouth?
laam, Come, I pray thee, I will p.p.v.13.
13 And Ba ́lăk said unto him, bring thee unto another place;
Come, I pray thee, with me un-peradventure it will please God See Immutability, Ps.33.11.
to another place, from whence that thou mayest curse me them

thou mayest see them: thou from thence.

shalt see but the utmost part 28 And Ba'lak brought Balaam

of them, and shalt not see them unto the top of Pe'or, that look-p.p.ch.21.20.
all: and curse me them from eth toward Jěsh'i-mon.

14 And he brought him into lak, Build me here seven altars, Ge.8.20, Altars (1).
the field of Zo'phim, to the top and prepare me here seven bul- Ex.29.11, Bullocks.
locks and seven rams.
Ge.15.9, Rams.

ch.21.20, Mt. Pisgah,De.3.27. of Piş ́gah, and built seven al-
Ge.8.20, Altars (1).
tars, and offered a bullock and
a ram on every altar.

Ex.29.18, Burnt-offerings.

30 And Bā'lăk did as Balaam
had said, and offered a bullock Ge.46.1, Sacrifices (1).
15 And he said unto Balǎk, and a ram on every altar.
Stand here by thy burnt offer-
ing, while I meet the LORD
yonder.

Ge.12.7,DivineAppearances. 16 And the LORD met Ba'laam,
See Inspiration (3), ch.11.25. and put a word in his mouth,

p.p.1 S.3.17.

and said, Go again unto Balak,

and say thus.

CHAPTER 24

Balaam foretelleth Israel's happi- B.C.1452.
ness: 15 he prophesieth of the
Star of Jacob, etc.

it pleased the LORD to bless

ND when Balaam saw that

17 And when he came to him, Is'ra-el, he went not, as at other Ex.6.7, Israel (2). behold, he stood by his burnt times, to seek for enchantments, p.p.ch.23.3,15. offering, and the princes of Mo'- but he set his face toward the Ge.44.15, Divination. ab with him. And Balǎk said wilderness.

unto him, What hath the LORD 2 And Balaam lifted up his

spoken? eyes, and he saw Iş'ra-el abid-p.p.ch.2.2. 18 And he took up his parable, ing in his tents according to and said, Rise up, Bā ́lăk, and their tribes; and the spirit of ch.11.25, Holy Spirit (4), hear; hearken unto me, thou God came upon him. [Jud.3.10. son of Zip por: 3 And he took up his parable, p.p.ch.23.7. 19 God is not a man, that he and said, Ba'laam the son of should lie; neither the son of Be'or hath said, and the man man, that he should repent: whose eyes are open hath said: Ps.18.28, Enlightenment. hath he said, and shall he not 4 He hath said, which heard Pr.8.34, Hearing (1). 1 K.8.56, God's Word Sure. do it? or hath he spoken, and the words of God, which saw the

De.32.4, God of Truth.
Ps.33.11, Immutability,

Ex.23.25, Blessings (2).
See Divine Counsels,

Ex.6.7, Israel (2).

shall he not make it good? vision of the Almighty, falling 2 K.6.17, Spir. Vision.
20 Behold, I have received into a trance, but having his Trances, Ac.10.10.
commandment to bless: and eyes open:

he hath blessed; and I cannot 5 How goodly are thy tents, O
reverse it.
Ja'cob, and thy tabernacles, O

[Ps.33.11. 21 He hath not beheld iniq- Iş'ra-el!

Ge.28.15, Divine Presence.
Le.9.24, Shouting.

De.8.2, Divine Leader.

p.p.De.33.17.

Jb.11.18, Security.

uity in Ja'cob, neither hath he 6 As the valleys are they
seen perverseness in Is'ra-el: spread forth, as gardens by the

the LORD his God is with him, river's side, as the trees of lign Trees (3), Ps.1.3.
and the shout of a king is aloes which the LORD hath
among them.

planted, and as cedar trees be- 1 K.4.33, Cedars.
22 God brought them out of side the waters.
Egypt; he hath as it were the 7 He shall pour the water out
strength of an unicorn.
of his buckets, and his seed

23 Surely there is no enchant- shall be in many waters, and
ment against Ja'cob, neither is his king shall be higher than p.p.1 S.15.32.