Numbers 24
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And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

as gardens

Genesis 2:8-10 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he …

Genesis 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that …

Songs 4:12-15 A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain …

Songs 6:11 I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, …

Isaiah 58:11 And the LORD shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in …

Jeremiah 31:12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall …

Joel 3:18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop …

as the trees. Ahalim, lign-aloe trees. This tree, which grows in the East Indies, is described as being eight or ten feet in height, with a stem the thickness of a man's thigh. At the top grows a large tuft of jagged and thick leaves, thick and indented, broad at the bottom, but growing narrower towards the point, and about four feet in length. The blossoms are red, intermingled with yellow, and double like cloves; from which comes a red and white fruit, of the size of a pea, oblong and triangular, with three apartments filled with seed. The tree has a very beautiful appearance; and a forest of them is said to bear a resemblance to a numerous encampment.

Psalm 1:3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that …

Jeremiah 17:18 Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: …

which the

Psalm 104:16 The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which …

Isaiah 41:19 I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the …

as cedar

Psalm 92:12-14 The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like …

Ezekiel 31:3,4 Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and …

Ezekiel 47:12 And by the river on the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, …

As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.

pour

Psalm 68:26 Bless you God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.

Proverbs 5:16-18 Let your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets…

Isaiah 48:1 Hear you this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of …

many waters

Psalm 93:3,4 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their …

Jeremiah 51:13 O you that dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end …

Revelation 17:1,15 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, …

his king

Ezra 4:20 There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled …

Psalm 2:6-10 Yet have I set my king on my holy hill of Zion…

Psalm 18:43 You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have …

John 1:49 Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; …

Philippians 2:10,11 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, …

Revelation 19:16 And he has on his clothing and on his thigh a name written, KING …

Agag

1 Samuel 15:8,9,32,33 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed …

his kingdom

2 Samuel 5:12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, …

1 Kings 4:21 And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river to the land …

1 Chronicles 14:2 And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, …

Isaiah 2:2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of …

Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, …

Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, …

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying…

He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.
And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times.
Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour.
And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

I shall see him. The Targum of Onkelos translates this passage in the following manner; I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but he is not near. When a king shall arise from the house of Jacob, and the Messiah be anointed from the house of Israel; he shall slay the princes of Moab, and rule over all the children of men. The marginal references will direct the reader to the fulfilment of these remarkable prophecies.

Job 19:25-27 For I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the …

Zechariah 12:10 And I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of …

Jude 1:11,14,15 Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily …

Revelation 1:7 Behold, he comes with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they …

a star

Matthew 2:2-9 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen …

Luke 1:78 Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on …

2 Peter 1:19 We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto you do well …

Revelation 22:16 I Jesus have sent my angel to testify to you these things in the …

a sceptre

Genesis 49:10 The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between …

Psalm 45:6 Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the scepter of your kingdom …

Psalm 78:70-72 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds…

Psalm 110:2 The LORD shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule you …

Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, …

Luke 1:32,33 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and …

Hebrews 1:8 But to the Son he said, Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: …

smite the corners of Moab, or smite through the princes of Moab

1 Samuel 14:38 And Saul said, Draw you near here, all the chief of the people: and …

Zechariah 10:4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him …

Moab

2 Samuel 8:2 And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down …

2 Kings 3:5,26,27 But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled …

1 Chronicles 18:2 And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

Jeremiah 48:45 They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: …

all the children

Genesis 4:25,26 And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his …

Genesis 5:3-29 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his …

Psalm 72:8-11 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to …

Revelation 11:15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying…

I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!
And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.
And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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