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Text -- Numbers 23:21-30 (NET)

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23:21 He has not looked on iniquity in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The Lord their God is with them; his acclamation as king is among them. 23:22 God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a wild bull. 23:23 For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘Look at what God has done!’ 23:24 Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain.”
Balaam Relocates Yet Again
23:25 Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!” 23:26 But Balaam replied to Balak, “Did I not tell you, ‘All that the Lord speaks, I must do’?” 23:27 Balak said to Balaam, “Come, please; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.” 23:28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness. 23:29 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars here for me, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams.” 23:30 So Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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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
 · Egypt descendants of Mizraim
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Jacob the second so of a pair of twins born to Isaac and Rebeccaa; ancestor of the 12 tribes of Israel,the nation of Israel,a person, male,son of Isaac; Israel the man and nation
 · Peor a mountain in Moab NW of Mt. Nebo,a place near Mount Peor where God punished Israel for idolatry


Dictionary Themes and Topics: POETRY, HEBREW | Moabites | Hypocrisy | God | PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 1 | Sorcery | Worldliness | Temptation | Peor | BALAAM | Pisgah | Jeshimon | Unicorn | PROPHECY; PROPHETS, 4 | WILD OX | Prophets | Perfection | Altar | NUMBER | BLESS | more
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NET Notes: Num 23:21 The people are blessed because God is their king. In fact, the shout of acclamation is among them – they are proclaiming the Lord God as their k...

NET Notes: Num 23:22 The expression is “the horns of the wild ox” (KJV “unicorn”). The point of the image is strength or power. Horns are also used...

NET Notes: Num 23:23 The words “look at” are not in the Hebrew text but have been added in the translation for clarity.

NET Notes: Num 23:24 The oracle compares Israel first to a lion, or better, lioness, because she does the tracking and hunting of food while the lion moves up and down roa...

NET Notes: Num 23:25 The same construction now works with “nor bless them at all.” The two together form a merism – “don’t say anything.̶...

NET Notes: Num 23:26 This first clause, “all that the Lord speaks” – is a noun clause functioning as the object of the verb that comes at the end of the ...

NET Notes: Num 23:27 Balak is stubborn, as indeed Balaam is persistent. But Balak still thinks that if another location were used it just might work. Balaam had actually t...

NET Notes: Num 23:28 Or perhaps as a place name, “Jeshimon” (cf. 21:20).

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