Num 22:11-12, 18-20, 35, 23:3-12, 15-26, 24:5-10, Isa 54:17 | TSK | STEP | able to overcome them. Heb. prevail in fighting againstthem.

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. (ch. 24:2.)

Aram.

22:5; Ge 10:22; 28:2,7; De 23:4

Come.

22:6,11,17; Pr 26:2

defy Israel.

1Sa 17:10,25,26,36,45; 2Sa 21:21; 23:9

20,23; Isa 44:25; 47:12,13

the people.They shall ever be a distinct nation. This prophecy has been literally fulfilled, through a period of 3,300 years, to the present day.

dwell alone.

Ex 19:5,6; 33:16; De 33:28; Es 3:8; 2Co 6:17; Tit 2:14; 1Pe 2:9

shall not.

De 32:8; Ezr 9:2; Jer 46:28; Am 9:9; Ro 15:8-10; Eph 2:12-14

can count.

Ge 13:16; 22:17; 28:14

the dust. i.e.,The posterity of Jacob, which was to be so numerous as to resemble the dust.

the fourth.

2:9,16,24,31

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

Ps 37:37; 116:15; Pr 14:32; Isa 57:1,2; Lu 2:29,30; 1Co 3:21,22

1Co 15:53-57; 2Co 5:1; Php 1:21-23; 2Ti 4:6-8; 2Pe 1:13-15

Re 14:13

7,8; 22:11,17; 24:10; Ps 109:17-20

20,26; 22:38; 24:13; Pr 26:25; Ro 16:18; Tit 1:16

Numbers 23:15-26

3; 22:8

5; 22:35; 24:1

What.

26; 1Sa 3:17; Jer 37:17

Rise up.

Jud 3:20

God.

1Sa 15:29; Ps 89:35; Hab 2:3; Mal 3:6; Lu 21:33; Ro 11:29

Tit 1:2; Heb 6:18; Jas 1:17

or hath he.

1Ch 17:17; Mic 7:20

he hath.

22:12; Ge 12:2; 22:17

I cannot.

22:18,38; Joh 10:27-29; Ro 8:38,39; 1Pe 1:5

hath not.

Ps 103:12; Isa 1:18; 38:17; Jer 50:20; Ho 14:2-4; Mic 7:18-20

Ro 4:7,8; 6:14; 8:1; 2Co 5:19

the Lord.

Ex 13:21; 29:45,46; 33:14-16; 34:9; Jud 6:13; 2Ch 13:12; Ps 23:4

Ps 46:7,11; Isa 8:10; 12:6; 41:10; Eze 48:35; Mt 1:23; 2Co 6:16

the shout.

Ps 47:5-7; 89:15,18; 97:1; 118:15; Isa 33:22; Lu 19:37,38; 2Co 2:14

God.

22:5; 24:8; Ex 9:16; 14:18; 20:2; Ps 68:35

the strength.

De 33:17; Job 39:10,11; Ps 22:21

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.

no enchantment.

22:6; 24:1; Ge 3:15; Mt 12:25,27; 16:18; Lu 10:18,19; Ro 16:20

Re 12:9

against. or, in. according.

Ps 44:1-3; 136:13-20; Isa 63:9-12; Da 9:15; Mic 6:4,5; 7:15

What hath.

Ps 31:19; 64:9; 126:2,3; Isa 41:4; Joh 11:47; Ac 4:16; 5:12,14

Ac 10:38; 15:12; Ga 1:23,24; 1Th 1:8,9

as a great.

24:8,9; Ge 49:9; De 33:20; Ps 17:12; Pr 30:30; Isa 31:4; Am 3:8

Re 5:5

he shall.

24:17; Ge 49:27; Da 2:44; Mic 5:8,9; Zec 10:4,5; 12:6; Re 19:11-21

Ps 2:1-3

12,13; 22:18,38; 24:12,13; 1Ki 22:14; 2Ch 18:13; Ac 4:19,20; 5:29

Numbers 24:5-10

as gardens.

Ge 2:8-10; 13:10; So 4:12-15; 6:11; Isa 58:11; Jer 31:12; Joe 3:18

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.

Ps 1:3; Jer 17:18

which the.

Ps 104:16; Isa 41:19

as cedar.

Ps 92:12-14; Eze 31:3,4; 47:12

pour.

Ps 68:26; Pr 5:16-18; Isa 48:1

many waters.

Ps 93:3,4; Jer 51:13; Re 17:1,15

his king.

Ezr 4:20; Ps 2:6-10; 18:43; Joh 1:49; Php 2:10,11; Re 19:16

Agag.