Numbers 24:2

And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Yisroel encamped according to their Shevatim; and the Ruach Elohim came upon him.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1And when Balaam saw that it was tov in the eyes of Hashem to bless Yisroel, he went not, as at other times, to use nechashim (sorceries, divination, looking for omens) but he set his face toward hamidbar.

3And he took up his mashal, and said, 1 Balaam ben Be'or hath said, 1 the man whose eyes are open hath said, 1

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Cross References

Numbers 11:25And Hashem came down in an Anan, and spoke unto him, and took of the Ruach + 11:25 Hakodesh that was upon him, and gave + 11:25 Him unto the seventy Zekenim; and it came to pass, that, when the Ruach + 11:25 Hakodesh rested upon them, they prophesied, but did not continue. + 11:25 See 1Sm 10:6; 19:24; Ac 19:6

Numbers 24:5Mah tovu ohalecha (How goodly, beautiful, are thy tents), O Ya'akov, 1 and mishkenotecha (thy dwellings, tabernacles), O Yisroel! 1

1 Samuel 19:20And Sha'ul sent malachim to capture Dovid; and when they saw the kat (sect, group) of the nevi'im prophesying, and Shmuel standing as nitzav (overseeing) them, the Ruach Elohim was upon the malachim of Sha'ul, and they also prophesied.

2 Chronicles 15:1And the Ruach Elohim came upon Azaryahu ben Oded;

Song of Solomon 6:10Who is she that looks forth like the shachar (dawn), 1 yafeh as the levanah (moon), clear as the sun, 1 and awe-inspiring as bannered troops on the march? 1

Matthew 10:4Shim'on the Zealot and Yehudah from K'riot, who betrayed Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

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 →

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