Numbers 23:21
I have seen that in the house of Jakob The worshippers of idols are not, Nor in Israel the workers of the work of lies. The Word of the Lord their God is their helper, And the Shekinah of their King is among them.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
20Behold, I have received benedictions to bless Israel, And I may not turn my blessing from him.
22God, who brought them out from Mizraim, Becomes his strength and exaltation.
Cross References
Exodus 13:21And the Lord went before them by day in the column of the cloud to lead them in the way, and by night in the column of fire to enlighten them, that they might go in the day and in the night.
Exodus 33:14And He said, My Shekinah shall go, and I will give thee rest.
Leviticus 9:24And fire came forth from before the Lord, and consumed upon the altar the burnt sacrifice and the fats: and all the people saw, and gave praise, and fell upon their faces.
Numbers 16:3And they gathered together against Mosheh, and against Aharon, and said to them, You are too great; for the whole of the congregation are all of them holy, and the Lord’s Shekinah dwelleth among them: wherefore then are you lifted up above the church (congregation) of the Lord?
Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:14-30
Balaam Again Blesses Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam,… Read the whole commentary →