An angel opposeth Balaam. BEFORE CHRIST 1452. + See 2 Kings 6. 17. Dan. 10.7. u 2 Pet. 2. 16. 2 Pet. 2. 16. 2 Heb. who NUMBERS, XXIII. 23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. 25 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. 26 And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. 28 And the LORD "opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? Χ 29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine * Prov. 12. 10. hand, for now would I kill thee. 30 And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, 2 upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was Or, ever since thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. 3 hast ridden upon me. thou wast, &c. z See Gen. 21. 19. 2 Kings 6. 17. Luke 24. 16, 31. 3 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the Balak goeth to meet Balaam. way, and his sword drawn in his 1, 13, 28 Balak's sacrifice. 7, 18 Balaam's hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. AND Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. a ver. 29. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam "offered on every altar a bullock ver. 14, 30. and a ram. c Balaam's parable. BEFORE CHRIST 1452. ver. 15. d ch. 24. 1. 2 Or, he went solitary. r ver. 16. C d NUMBERS, XXIII. r He blesseth Israel. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, 14 And he brought him into 4 And God met Balaam: and he ver. 16. ch. 22. 35. Jer. 1. 9. & ver. 18. 23. ch. 24. 3, 15, 29. 1. h ch. 22. 6, 11, 6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. 7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. 8 How shall I curse, whom God 1 Sam. 17. 10. hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? Isai. 47. 12. 13. BEFORE CHRIST 1452. 2 Or, The hill. t 18 And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and Judg. 3. 20. hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: u 19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? X " 1 Sam. 15.29. 20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. 21 He hath not beheld iniquity Rom. 4. 7, 8. in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. a C Exod. 13.21. & 29. 45, 46. & 33. 14. a Ps. 89. 15. b 22 God brought them out of ch. 24. 8. Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. 3 Deut. 33. 17. 23 Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any Or, in. divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath Ps. 31. 19. & God wrought! 44. 1. Gen. 49. 9. 'Gen. 49. 27. NUMBERS, XXIV. All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do ? h 27 ¶ And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. 28 And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. k 29 And Balaam said unto Balak, * Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. 30 And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. CHAPTER XXIV. 1 Balaam, leaving divinations, prophesieth the happiness of Israel. 10 Balak in anger dismisseth him. 15 He prophesieth of the Star of Jacob, and the destruction of some nations. AND when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, 2 to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. b 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. с d 3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man 3 whose eyes are open hath said: e 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 5 How goodly are thy tents, O 2 Cor. 12. 2, Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! • See 1 Sam. 19. 24. Ezek. 1. 28. Dan. 8. 18. & 10. 15, 16. 3, 4. Rev. 1.10, 17. f Ps. 1. 3. Jer. 17. 8. Ps. 104. 16. 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, fas the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. 7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall Rev.17.1, 15. be in many waters, and his king Jer. 51. 13. Israel's happiness. 10 ¶ And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he 'smoteEzek. 21. 14, his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, 'I called thee to curse ch. 23. 11. mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. 11 Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote_thee unto great honour; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honour. 12 And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, 14 And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the Gen. 49. 1. latter days. 15 ¶And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: the nations that warred against Israel, 20 ¶ And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, 3 Or, the first of and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end * shall be that he perish for ever. 21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and Exod. 17.14. thou puttest thy nest in a rock. 1 Sam. 15. 3, 22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. Exod. 17. 8. + Or, shall be even to destruction. 8. 5 Heb. Kain. Gen. 15. 19. 6 Or, how long shall it be ere Asshur 23 And he took up his parable, A carry and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! thee away captive? Zimri and Cozbi slain. CHRIST the LORD against the sun, that BEFORE the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. 1452. h ver. 11. Deut. 13. 17. 1 Exod. 18. 21, 25. Deut. 13.6, 9, 13, 15. 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor. 6 ¶ And, behold, one of the chil-Exod. 32. 27. dren of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who 1 Joel 2. 17. were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. m m Ps. 106. 30. 7 And when Phinehas, "the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the Exod. 6. 25. priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; 8 And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. 9 And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. 10 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, Ps. 106. 30. Deut. 4. 3. 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, Ps. 106. 30. the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous 2 for my sake among them, Heb. with my that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. S 12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: 13 And he shall have it, and this X seed after him, even the covenant of "an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel. 14 Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a 3 chief house among the Si 2 zeal: See 2 Cor. 11. 2. Exod. 20. 5. Deut. 32. 16, 21. 1 Kings 14. 22. Ps. 78. 58. Ezek. 16. 38. Zeph. 1. 18. & 3. 8. Mal. 2. 4, 5. & 3. 1. t See 1 Chron. 6. 4, &c. " Exod. 40. 15 * Acts 22. 3. Rom. 10. 2. 3 Hebr. 2. 17. Heb. house of a father. * ch. 31. 8. Josh. 13. 21. 소 a The Israelites are numbered BEFORE CHRIST 1452. ch. 31.2. b ch. 31. 16. Rev. 2. 14. Exod. 30.12. & 38. 25, 26. ch. 1.2. ch. 1. 3. < ver. 63. ch. 22. 1. & NUMBERS, XXVI. Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go. to war in Israel. 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the 31. 12. & 33. plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 48. & 35. 1. ach. 1. 1. Gen. 46. 8. Exod. 6. 14. 4 Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. 5 ¶Reuben, the eldest son of 1 Chron. 5.1. Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: 6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. 7 These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. 8 And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. in the plains of Moab. BEFORE CHRIST 1452. ch. 16. 1, 2. 9 And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were f famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: 10 And the earth opened her ch. 16. 32, mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. h 11 Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. 12 The sons of Simeon after k 35. h ch. 16. 38. See 1 Cor. 10. 6. 2 Pet. 2. 6. 1 Exod. 6. 24. 1 Chron. 6. 22. * Gen. 46. 10. Exod. 6. 15, Jemuel. their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachin-1 1 Chron. 4. ites: m 13 Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. 14 These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. 24, Jarib. m Gen. 46. 10, Zohar. |