Numbers 23
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And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams.
And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place.
And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram.
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

he took

Numbers 23:18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen …

Numbers 24:3,15,23 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has …

Job 27:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Job 29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

Psalm 78:2 I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old:

Ezekiel 17:2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 20:49 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak parables?

Micah 2:4 In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with …

Habakkuk 2:6 Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting …

Matthew 13:33,35 Another parable spoke he to them; The kingdom of heaven is like to …

Mark 12:12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they …

parable. The word mashal, which as a verb is to rule, have authority, and also to compare, as a noun signifies whatever is expressed in parabolic or figurative language. All these oracular speeches of Balaam are in hemistich metre in the original. They are highly dignified and sublime; and may be considered as immediate poetic productions of the Spirit of God.

Numbers 24:2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents …

Aram

Numbers 22:5 He sent messengers therefore to Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, …

Genesis 10:22 The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram.

Genesis 28:2,7 Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father…

Deuteronomy 23:4 Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when …

come

Numbers 22:6,11,17 Come now therefore, I pray you, curse me this people; for they are …

Proverbs 26:2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse …

defy Israel

1 Samuel 17:10,25,26,36,45 And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give …

2 Samuel 21:21 And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother …

2 Samuel 23:9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the …

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.
Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

can count

Genesis 13:16 And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a …

Genesis 22:17 That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply …

Genesis 28:14 And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread …

the dust. the posterity of Jacob, which was to be so numerous as to resemble the dust. the fourth

Numbers 2:9,16,24,31 All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand …

me. Heb. my soul, or my life. the death

Psalm 37:37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace.

Psalm 116:15 Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.

Proverbs 14:32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has …

Isaiah 57:1,2 The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful …

Luke 2:29,30 Lord, now let you your servant depart in peace, according to your word…

1 Corinthians 3:21,22 Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are yours…

1 Corinthians 15:53-57 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must …

2 Corinthians 5:1 For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, …

Philippians 1:21-23 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain…

2 Timothy 4:6-8 For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand…

2 Peter 1:13-15 Yes, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir …

Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are …

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 the LORD hath put 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 brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder.
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken?
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

hath not

Psalm 103:12 As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions …

Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, said the LORD: though your …

Isaiah 38:17 Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but you have in love to …

Jeremiah 50:20 In those days, and in that time, said the LORD, the iniquity of Israel …

Hosea 14:2-4 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away …

Micah 7:18-20 Who is a God like to you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the …

Romans 4:7 Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose …

Romans 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the …

Romans 8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ …

2 Corinthians 5:19 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, …

the Lord

Exodus 13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead …

Exodus 29:45,46 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God…

Exodus 33:14-16 And he said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest…

Exodus 34:9 And he said, If now I have found grace in your sight, O LORD, let …

Judges 6:13 And Gideon said to him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then …

2 Chronicles 13:12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests …

Psalm 23:4 Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will …

Psalm 46:7,11 The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah…

Isaiah 8:10 Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, …

Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and shout, you inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy …

Isaiah 41:1 Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their …

Ezekiel 48:35 It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the …

Matthew 1:23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, …

2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are …

the shout

Psalm 47:5-7 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet…

Psalm 89:15,18 Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, …

Psalm 97:1 The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles …

Psalm 118:15 The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the …

Isaiah 33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is …

Luke 19:37,38 And when he was come near, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives…

2 Corinthians 2:14 Now thanks be to God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, …

God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

God

Numbers 22:5 He sent messengers therefore to Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, …

Numbers 24:8 God brought him forth out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength …

Exodus 9:16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised you up, for to show …

Exodus 14:18 And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten …

Exodus 20:2 I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the land of …

Psalm 68:35 O God, you are terrible out of your holy places: the God of Israel …

the strength

Deuteronomy 33:17 His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are …

Job 39:10,11 Can you bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he …

Psalm 22:21 Save me from the lion's mouth: for you have heard me from the horns …

unicorn. The reaim, most probably denotes the rhinoceros, so called from the horn on its nose. In size he is only exceeded by the elephant; and in strength and power inferior to none. He is at least twelve feet in length, from the snout to the tail; six or seven feet in height; and the circumference of the body is nearly equal to his length. He is particularly distinguished from all other animals by the remarkable and offensive weapon he carries on his nose; which is very hard horn, solid throughout, directed forward. He principally feeds upon large succulent plants, prickly shrubs, and branches; and delights in marshy places.

Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

no enchantment

Numbers 22:6 Come now therefore, I pray you, curse me this people; for they are …

Numbers 24:1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he …

Genesis 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your …

Matthew 12:25,27 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, Every kingdom divided …

Matthew 16:18 And I say also to you, That you are Peter, and on this rock I will …

Luke 10:18,19 And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven…

Romans 16:20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. …

Revelation 12:9 And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, …

against or in according

Psalm 44:1-3 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what …

Psalm 136:13-20 To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endures for ever…

Isaiah 63:9-12 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence …

Daniel 9:15 And now, O Lord our God, that have brought your people forth out …

Micah 6:4,5 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out …

Micah 7:15 According to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will …

what hath

Psalm 31:19 Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you…

Psalm 64:9 And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they …

Psalm 126:2,3 Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: …

Isaiah 41:4 Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? …

John 11:47 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and …

Acts 4:16 Saying, What shall we do to these men?…

Acts 5:12,14 And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders worked …

Acts 10:38 How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: …

Acts 15:12 Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul…

Galatians 1:23,24 But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past …

1 Thessalonians 1:8,9 For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia …

Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence.
And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.
And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
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