Numbers 23:1-12
Build ... seven ......... seven .... seven <01129 07651> [Build me.]
seven altars ........ seven .... seven <04196 07651> [seven altars.]
seven ......... seven bulls ... seven <06499 07651> [seven oxen.]
offered <05927> [offered.]
Station yourself <03320> [Stand.]
burnt offering <05930> [burnt.]
Lord <03068> [peradventure.]
deserted height <08205 03212> [went to an high place. or, went solitary.]
God <0430> [God.]
prepared <06186> [I have prepared.]
Then ... uttered <05375> [he took.]
oracle <04912> [parable.]
The word {mashal,} which as a verb is to rule, have authority, and also to compare, as a noun signifies whatever is expressed in parabolic or figurative language. All these oracular speeches of Balaam are in hemistich metre in the original. They are highly dignified and sublime; and may be considered as immediate poetic productions of the Spirit of God. (ch. 24:2.)
Aram <0758> [Aram.]
<03212> [Come.]
denounce Israel <02194 03478> [defy Israel.]
nation <05971> [the people.]
They shall ever be a distinct nation. This prophecy has been literally fulfilled, through a period of 3,300 years, to the present day.
alone <0910 07931> [dwell alone.]
be reckoned <02803> [shall not.]
count <04487> [can count.]
dust <06083> [the dust. i.e.,]
The posterity of Jacob, which was to be so numerous as to resemble the dust.
fourth part <07255> [the fourth.]
die <04191> [me. Heb. my soul, or, my life. the death.]
