Numbers 24:1

And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not go according to his custom to meet the omens, but turned his face toward the wilderness.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

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Cross References

Numbers 22:13And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balac, Depart quickly to your lord; God does not permit me to go with you.

Numbers 23:15And Balaam said to Balac, Stand by thy sacrifice, and I will go to enquire of God.

Numbers 23:23For there is no divination + 23:23 Or, against.in Jacob, nor enchantment + 23:23 Or, against.in Israel; in season it shall be told to Jacob and Israel + 23:23 Or, what shall God perform?what God shall perform.

Numbers 31:16For they were the occasion to the children of Israel by the word of Balaam of their revolting and despising the word of the Lord, because of Phogor; and there was a plague in the congregation of the Lord.

1 Samuel 26:2And Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, and with him went three thousand men chosen out of Israel, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph.

Matthew Henry on Numbers 24:1

This chapter continues and concludes the history of the defeat of the counsels of Balak and Balaam against Israel, not by might, nor by power, but by the Spirit of the Lord of hosts; and as great an instance it is of God's power over the children of men, and his favour towards his own children, as any of the victories recorded in the book of the wars of the Lord. What preparation was made the third time for the cursing of Israel we read of in the close of the foregoing chapter. In this chapter we are told, I. What… Read the whole commentary →

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