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Selected Verse: Numbers 22:8 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Nu 22:8 |
Strong Concordance |
And he said [0559] unto them, Lodge [03885] here this night [03915], and I will bring [07725] you word [01697] again [07725], as the LORD [03068] shall speak [01696] unto me: and the princes [08269] of Moab [04124] abode [03427] with Balaam [01109]. |
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King James |
And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the Lord shall speak unto me, &c.--God usually revealed His will in visions and dreams; and Balaam's birth and residence in Mesopotamia, where the remains of patriarchal religion still lingered, account for his knowledge of the true God. His real character has long been a subject of discussion. Some, judging from his language, have thought him a saint; others, looking to his conduct, have described him as an irreligious charlatan; and a third class consider him a novice in the faith, who had a fear of God, but who had not acquired power over his passions [HENGSTENBERG]. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Balaam must surely have known that God's blessing was on the people with whose marvelous march forth from Egypt he was acquainted Exo 15:14; Exo 18:1; Jos 2:9, and from whom he had himself probably learned much (compare the language of Num 23:12 with Gen 13:6, and that of Num 24:9 with Gen 49:9). But his reply to the messengers next morning Num 22:13, betrays the desire to venture to the utmost of that which God would not forbid rather than to carry out God's will in hearty sincerity. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| This night - The night was the time when God used to reveal his mind by dreams. The Lord - Heb. Jehovah, the true God, whom he here mentions, either for his own greater reputation, as if he consulted not with inferior spirits, but with the supreme God; or rather because this was Israel's God, and the only possible way of ruining them was by engaging their God against them: as the Romans and other Heathens, when they went to besiege any city, used enchantments to call forth that God under whose peculiar protection they were. Of Moab - And of Midian too. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I will bring you word again, as the Lord shall speak - So it appears he knew the true God, and had been in the habit of consulting him, and receiving oracles from his mouth. |
13 And Balaam [01109] rose up [06965] in the morning [01242], and said [0559] unto the princes [08269] of Balak [01111], Get [03212] you into your land [0776]: for the LORD [03068] refuseth [03985] to give me leave [05414] to go [01980] with you.
9 Judah [03063] is a lion's [0738] whelp [01482]: from the prey [02964], my son [01121], thou art gone up [05927]: he stooped down [03766], he couched [07257] as a lion [0738], and as an old lion [03833]; who shall rouse him up [06965]?
9 He couched [03766], he lay down [07901] as a lion [0738], and as a great lion [03833]: who shall stir him up [06965]? Blessed [01288] is he that blesseth [01288] thee, and cursed [0779] is he that curseth [0779] thee.
6 And the land [0776] was not able to bear [05375] them, that they might dwell [03427] together [03162]: for their substance [07399] was great [07227], so that they could [03201] not dwell [03427] together [03162].
12 And he answered [06030] and said [0559], Must I not take heed [08104] to speak [01696] that which the LORD [03068] hath put [07760] in my mouth [06310]?
9 And she said [0559] unto the men [0582], I know [03045] that the LORD [03068] hath given [05414] you the land [0776], and that your terror [0367] is fallen [05307] upon us, and that all the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776] faint [04127] because [06440] of you.
1 When Jethro [03503], the priest [03548] of Midian [04080], Moses [04872]' father in law [02859], heard [08085] of all that God [0430] had done [06213] for Moses [04872], and for Israel [03478] his people [05971], and that the LORD [03068] had brought [03318] Israel [03478] out of Egypt [04714];
14 The people [05971] shall hear [08085], and be afraid [07264]: sorrow [02427] shall take hold [0270] on the inhabitants [03427] of Palestina [06429].