Numbers 24:4
He says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, 1 Who saw a vision of God in sleep; 1 His eyes were opened: 1
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3And he took up his parable and said, 1 Balaam son of Beor says, 1 The man who sees truly says, 1
5How goodly are thy habitations, Jacob, 1 And thy tents, Israel! 1
Cross References
Genesis 15:12And about sunset a trance fell upon Abram, and lo! a great gloomy terror falls upon him.
Numbers 22:20And God came to Balaam by night, and said to him, If these men are come to call thee, rise and follow them; nevertheless the word which I shall speak to thee, it shalt thou do.
1 Samuel 19:24And he took off his clothes, and prophesied before them; and lay down naked all that day and all that night: therefore they said, Is Saul also among the prophets?
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 →