Numbers 24:2
When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,
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Numbers 11:25Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and He took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and placed that Spirit on the seventy elders. As the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied—but they never did so again.
Numbers 24:5How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
1 Samuel 19:20he sent messengers to capture him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.
2 Chronicles 15:1Now the Spirit of God came upon Azariah son of Oded.
Song of Solomon 6:10Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
Matthew 10:4Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
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 →