Numbers 23:18

He took up his parable, and said, 1 “Rise up, Balak, and sh'ma ·hear obey·! 2 Listen to me, you son of Zippor. 1

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And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

In Context

17He came to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab [From father] with him. Balak said to him, “What has Adonai spoken?”

19God is not a man, that he should lie, 2 nor the son of man, that he should change his mind. 1 Has he said, and will he not do it? 2 Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good? 1

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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 →

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