Numbers 23

Numbers 23:2

as = according to what.

offered = offered up. Hebrew. ’alah. See App-43.

Numbers 23:3

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. See App-4.

meet: in a neutral sense. Hebrew. kar’a.

he went. Hebrew he went solitary. Compare Numbers 24:1.

Numbers 23:4

God. Hebrew. ’Elohim. See App-4.

met: in a hostile sense. Hebrew. karah.

Numbers 23:5

put a word. This is inspiration.

said. See note on Numbers 3:40.

Numbers 23:6

lo. Figure of speech Asterismos (App-6).

Numbers 23:7

curse. Hebrew. ’arar. See notes on Numbers 22:6; Numbers 22:11.

Numbers 23:8

How . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

curse = revile. Hebrew. nakab.

GOD = Hebrew. ’El = the mighty God. See App-4.

cursed. Hebrew. kabab = to pierce with words.

defy . . . defied. Hebrew. za’am = to be enraged with.

Numbers 23:9

not be reckoned. Therefore cannot be in the judgment of Matthew 25, or confused with “the Gentiles, or with the church of God”. 1 Corinthians 10:32.

Numbers 23:10

Who can count. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

the number of = Who can number? Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6). So with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint. The word “number” is thought by Ginsburg to be an abbreviation of two words = “Who can number? "

me die = my soul die. Hebrew. nephesh. See App-13.

righteous = upright. To die the death of the righteous one must have the righteousness of the righteous.

last end = latter end, i e. issue or reward.

Numbers 23:11

curse. Hebrew. kabab. See note on Numbers 22:11.

Numbers 23:15

burnt offering. Some codices, one early printed edition, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac, read “offerings” (plural).

Numbers 23:19

Hath He said. Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

Numbers 23:20

He hath blessed. Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint read “I will bless”.

Numbers 23:21

iniquity. Hebrew. ’avon, trespass. App-44.

perverseness. Hebrew. ’amal. App-44.

Numbers 23:22

strength = heights or heaps of. Hebrew. to’apoth. Only here, Numbers 24:8, Job 22:25 (plenty), and Psalms 95:4 (= heights).

unicorn. This word is from the Septuagint. The Hebrew is reem. Supposed to be the rhinoceros, buffalo, or antelope: always rendered “unicorn” in Authorized Version.

Numbers 23:28

Jeshimon. See note on Numbers 21:20.

Numbers 23:30

offered = offered up. Hebrew. ’alah. App-43.