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Numbers 23:7-10

23:7

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.]


23:8


23:9

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.]


23:10

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.]




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