Numbers 24:2
And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel dwelling [in tents] according to his tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,
Cross References
Numbers 11:25And Jehovah came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him, and put it upon the seventy men, the elders; and it came to pass, that when the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but they did not repeat [it].
Numbers 24:5How goodly are thy tents, Jacob, and thy tabernacles, Israel!
1 Samuel 19:20Then Saul sent messengers to take David; and they saw a company of prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as president over them; and the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.
2 Chronicles 15:1And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded.
Song of Solomon 6:10Who is she that looketh forth as the dawn, Fair as the moon, clear as the sun, Terrible as troops with banners?
Matthew 10:4Simon the Cananaean, and Judas the Iscariote, who also delivered him up.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 24:2-10
Balaam Blesses Israel a Third Time. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 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. 2 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. 3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God,… Read the whole commentary →