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Text -- Numbers 22:18 (NET)

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22:18 Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, “Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment of the Lord my God to do less or more.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Balaam the son of Beor,son of Beor of Pethor on the Euphrates River
 · Balak a son of Zippor,son of Zippor, King of Moab, who hired Balaam against Israel


Dictionary Themes and Topics: WANDERINGS OF ISRAEL | Temptation | Sorcery | Prophets | Moabites | Minister | MOAB; MOABITES | MAGIC; MAGICIAN | Hypocrisy | Heathen | Greed | God | Decision | DIVINATION | CHARM | BALAK | BALAAM | ASS | ANGEL | ABEL-SHITTIM | more
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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable , Guzik

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Clarke: Num 22:18 - -- I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God - Balaam knew God too well to suppose he could reverse any of his purposes; and he respected him too ...

I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God - Balaam knew God too well to suppose he could reverse any of his purposes; and he respected him too much to attempt to do any thing without his permission. Though he was covetous, yet he dared not, even when strongly tempted both by riches and honors, to go contrary to the command of his God. Many make all the professions of Balaam, without justifying them by their conduct. "They pretend,"says one, "they would not do any thing against the word of God for a house full of gold, and yet will do it for a handful!"

TSK: Num 22:18 - -- If Balak : Num 24:13; Tit 1:16 I cannot : Num 23:26, Num 24:13; 1Ki 22:14; 2Ch 18:13; Dan 5:17; Act 8:20

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Poole: Num 22:18 - -- You desire and expect that from me which is out of my power, to resist the will of the great God. He slyly insinuates, that he wanted not will, but ...

You desire and expect that from me which is out of my power, to resist the will of the great God. He slyly insinuates, that he wanted not will, but power only.

The Lord my God so he calls him, partly, to magnify himself as the servant of the great Jehovah; partly, that by professing this respect unto God he might the sooner induce him to grant his desire; and partly, because he worshipped the true God, together with idols, as many in those times and places did.

Haydock: Num 22:18 - -- Less. Not that he was resolved to comply with God's will, but because he found an insuperable impediment to oppose it at present. (Calmet)

Less. Not that he was resolved to comply with God's will, but because he found an insuperable impediment to oppose it at present. (Calmet)

Gill: Num 22:18 - -- And Balaam answered, and said unto the servant's of Balak,.... Who were not only princes of the land, but officers of state in the court of Balak: ...

And Balaam answered, and said unto the servant's of Balak,.... Who were not only princes of the land, but officers of state in the court of Balak:

if Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more; which is well spoken, had it been from his heart: he speaks very respectfully of God, calling him by his great and incommunicable name Jehovah, the Being of beings; representing him as the object of his worship and adoration, as he might be along with other gods, which was the practice of the Heathens in those times, particularly the Syrians, among whom Balaam lived; so did Laban and others before him: likewise he makes a profession of him, and claims an interest in him, which he might the rather do, to make himself look greater, as being the servant of the most high God; for the Gentiles in those times, and indeed in later times, had a notion of one supreme God, superior to all the rest; and this Jehovah Balaam claimed as his God: he speaks very well of the word of God, to which he pretended so strict a regard, that he would not transgress it in the least, for all that Balak could give him or more, no, not for all the money in the world; and yet his heart at the same time went after his covetousness, and he was eagerly desirous and greedy of getting the advantages into his hands that were offered him; for he hoped that God would change his mind, and alter his word, and give him leave to go and get the money, as appears by what follows.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Num 22:18 In the light of subsequent events one should not take too seriously that Balaam referred to Yahweh as his God. He is referring properly to the deity f...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Num 22:1-41 - --1 Balak's first message for Balaam is refused.15 His second message obtains him.22 An angel would have slain him, if he had not been saved by his ass....

MHCC: Num 22:15-21 - --A second embassy was sent to Balaam. It were well for us, if we were as earnest and constant in prosecuting a good work, notwithstanding disappointmen...

Matthew Henry: Num 22:15-21 - -- We have here a second embassy sent to Balaam, to fetch him over to curse Israel. It were well for us if we were as earnest and constant in prosecuti...

Keil-Delitzsch: Num 22:2-21 - -- The rapid defeat of the two mighty kings of the Amorites filled the Moabites with such alarm at the irresistible might of Israel, that Balak their k...

Constable: Num 22:1-41 - --Balak's arrangement with Balaam ch. 22 22:1-20 Moab had not attacked Israel as the people of God had moved north along Moab's eastern border. In fact ...

Guzik: Num 22:1-41 - --Numbers 22 - Balak and Balaam A. Balak's evil desire. 1. (1-4) Balak, king of Moab, fears an advancing Israel. Then the children of Israel moved, ...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Numbers (Book Introduction) NUMBERS. This book is so called because it contains an account of the enumeration and arrangement of the Israelites. The early part of it, from the fi...

JFB: Numbers (Outline) MOSES NUMBERING THE MEN OF WAR. (Num. 1:1-54) THE ORDER OF THE TRIBES IN THEIR TENTS. (Num. 2:1-34) THE LEVITES' SERVICE. (Num. 3:1-51) OF THE LEVITE...

TSK: Numbers (Book Introduction) The book of Numbers is a book containing a series of the most astonishing providences and events. Every where and in every circumstance God appears; ...

TSK: Numbers 22 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Num 22:1, Balak’s first message for Balaam is refused; Num 22:15, His second message obtains him; Num 22:22, An angel would have slain ...

Poole: Numbers (Book Introduction) FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, CALLED NUMBERS THE ARGUMENT This Book giveth us a history of almost forty years travel of the children of Israel through th...

Poole: Numbers 22 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 22 The Israelites pitch in the plains of Moab, Num 22:1 . Balak the king sends for Balaam to curse Israel, Num 22:2-8 . He inquires of the ...

MHCC: Numbers (Book Introduction) This book is called NUMBERS from the several numberings of the people contained in it. It extends from the giving of the law at Sinai, till their arri...

MHCC: Numbers 22 (Chapter Introduction) (Num 22:1-14) Balak's fear of Israel, He sends for Balaam. (Num 22:15-21) Balaam goes to Balak. (Num 22:22-35) The opposition to Balaam by the way. ...

Matthew Henry: Numbers (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Fourth Book of Moses, Called Numbers The titles of the five books of Moses, which we use in our Bib...

Matthew Henry: Numbers 22 (Chapter Introduction) At this chapter begins the famous story of Balak and Balaam, their attempt to curse Israel, and the baffling of that attempt; God's people are long...

Constable: Numbers (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title the Jews used in their Hebrew Old Testament for this book...

Constable: Numbers (Outline) Outline I. Experiences of the older generation in the wilderness chs. 1-25 A. Preparations f...

Constable: Numbers Numbers Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan. The Land of the Bible. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1979. ...

Haydock: Numbers (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION. This fourth Book of Moses is called Numbers , because it begins with the numbering of the people. The Hebrews, from its first words...

Gill: Numbers (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS This book has its name from the account it gives of the "numbers" of the children of Israel, twice taken particularly; whic...

Gill: Numbers 22 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 22 The children of Israel being come into the plains of Moab, put the king of Moab into a panic, who expressed his fears to...

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