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THE COMING OF BALAAM (Numbers 22:2-40).
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Numbers 22:1-40
The Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 22:1-40
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Matthew Henry on Numbers 22:1-14Numbers 22:1-14 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryThe king of Moab formed a plan to get the people of Israel cursed; that is, to set God against them, who had hitherto fought for them. He had a false notion, that if he could get some prophet to pray for evil upon them,…Balak Sends for Balaam. (b. c. 1452.)Numbers 22:1-14 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleBALAK SENDS FOR BALAAM. (B. C. 1452.) The children of Israel have at length finished their wanderings in the wilderness, out of which they went up (Numbers 21:18), and are now encamped in the plains of Moab near Jordan,…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Numbers 22:1-14The king of Moab formed a plan to get the people of Israel cursed; that is, to set God against them, who had hitherto fought for them. He had a false notion, that if he could get some prophet to pray for evil upon them,…Matthew HenrycommentaryBalak Sends for Balaam. (b. c. 1452.)BALAK SENDS FOR BALAAM. (B. C. 1452.) The children of Israel have at length finished their wanderings in the wilderness, out of which they went up (Numbers 21:18), and are now encamped in the plains of Moab near Jordan,…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 22:2-4MOAB TAKES ALARM I. AN INTERESTED OBSERVER OF AN IMPORTANT ACTION. "Balak saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites." The thing was worth observing in itself, that this great host of people, coming with but little no…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 22:2Balak the son of Zippor. The name Balak is connected with a word "to make waste," and "Zippor" is a small bird. Balak was, as is presently explained, the king of Moab at this time, but not the king from whom Sihon had w…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 22:2-40THE WAY OF BALAAM In this section we have some of the profoundest and most subtle, as well as some of the most practical, moral and religious teachings of the Old Testament. In order to draw them out fully we may consid…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 22:3Moab was sore afraid of the people. While the Israelites had moved along their eastern and north-eastern border, the Moabites supplied them with provisions (Deuteronomy 2:29), desiring, no doubt, to be rid of them, but…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 22:4Moab said unto the elders of Midian. The Midianites were descended from Abraham and Keturah (Genesis 25:2, Genesis 25:4), and were thus more nearly of kin to Israel than to Moab. They lived a semi-nomadic life on the st…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Numbers 22:5He sent messengers therefore. It appears from Numbers 22:7 that Balak acted for Midian as well as for Moab; as the Midianites were but a weak people, they may have placed themselves more or less under the protection of…Joseph S. Exell and contributors