Numbers Chapter 24

Balaam Prophesies in favor of Israel

24:1 AND when Balaamבִּלְעָם
Transliteration bilʿām Pronunciation bil-awm’ Balaam = not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine:— Balaam, Bileam For more info click here
saw that it pleased YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
to bless Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here
, he didn’t go, like at other times, to seek for divination, but he turned his face toward the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּר
Transliteration: hammiḏbār in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, where cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs): —desert, south, speech, wilderness. For more info click here
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24:2 And Balaamבִּלְעָם
Transliteration bilʿām Pronunciation bil-awm’ Balaam = not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine:— Balaam, Bileam For more info click here
lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here
staying [in their tents] according to their tribes ; and the spiritרוּחַ
Transliteration: rûaḥ Pronunciation: roo’-akh feminine noun Meaning: wind, breath, mind, spirit For more info click here
of of Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator. For more info click here
came on him.
24:3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaamבִּלְעָם
Transliteration bilʿām Pronunciation bil-awm’ Balaam = not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine:— Balaam, Bileam For more info click here
the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open (who had his eyes shut but now opened) has said
24:4 He has said, which heard the words of EL אֵל
Transliteration:ēl Pronunciation:ale — masculine noun — God, god-like one, mighty one occurs 245 times in 235 verses in the WLC Hebrew click here
, which saw the vision of Shaddaiשַׁדַּי
romanized: Šaddāy; or Shaddai is one of the names of the God of Israel. El Shaddai is conventionally translated into English as God Almighty (Deus Omnipotens in Latin, Arabic: الله عزوجل, romanized: ʾAllāh ʿazzawajal), but its original meaning is unclear. One of God’s names Shaddai = Exhaustless Bounty click here
, falling [into a trance], but having his eyes open:
24:5 How goodly are your tentsאֹהָלֶיךָ
Transliteration: ‘ōhālêḵā a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance):—covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent – For more info click here
, O Jacobיַעֲקֹב
(/ˈdʒeɪkəb/; Modern: Yaʿaqōv (help·info), Tiberian: Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb; Greek: Ἰακώβ, romanized: Iakṓb) the name Yaʿaqōv יעקב is derived from ʿaqev עָקֵב “heel”, as Jacob (later called Israel) was born grasping the heel of his twin brother Esau. for more info click here
, [and] your tabernaclesמִשְׁכְּנֹתֶיךָ
Transliteration: miškᵊnōṯêḵā – your dwelling places, your tents, your shelters, your tabernacles, your booths – For more info click here
, O Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here
!
24:6 As the valleys are they spread out, like gardens by the river’s side, like the trees of aloe wood which YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has planted, [and] as cedar trees beside the waters.
24:7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed [shall be] in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agagאֲגַג
(/ˈeɪɡæɡ/;ʾĂgāg) is a Northwest Semitic name or title applied to a biblical king. It has been suggested that “Agag” was a dynastic name of the kings of Amalek, just as Pharaoh was used as a dynastic name for the ancient Egyptians.
, and his kingdom shall be exalted.
24:8 EL אֵל
Transliteration:ēl Pronunciation:ale — masculine noun — God, god-like one, mighty one occurs 245 times in 235 verses in the WLC Hebrew click here
brought him out of Egyptמִצְרַיִם
Transliteration: miṣrayim – Pronunciation: mits-rah’-yim adjective, proper locative noun – Egypt = “land of the Copts (a member of a people descended from the ancient Egyptians)” . For more info click here
; he has as it were the strength of the great aurochs he shall eat up the nationsגּוֹיִם
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—the Gentiles, the heathen, the nations, the people. For more info click here
his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce [them] through with his arrows.
24:9 He couched, he lay down like a lion, and like a great lion who shall stir him up? Blessed [is] he who blesses you , and cursed [is] he that curses you.

Balak’s anger


24:10 And Balak’sבָּלָק
Transliteration: bālāq Pronunciation: baw-lawk’ – Balak = “devastator” a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel click here
anger was kindled against Balaamבִּלְעָם
Transliteration bilʿām Pronunciation bil-awm’ Balaam = not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine:— Balaam, Bileam For more info click here
, and he struck his hands together and Balakבָּלָק
Transliteration: bālāq Pronunciation: baw-lawk’ – Balak = “devastator” a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel click here
said to Balaamבִּלְעָם
Transliteration bilʿām Pronunciation bil-awm’ Balaam = not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine:— Balaam, Bileam For more info click here
, I called you to curse my enemies, and, observe, you have altogether blessed [them] these three times.
24:11 So now you escape to your place I thought to promote you to great honor ; but, look, YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has kept you back from honor.
24:12 And Balaam בִּלְעָם 
Transliteration bilʿām Pronunciation bil-awm’ Balaam = not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine:— Balaam, Bileam For more info click here
said to Balakבָּלָק
Transliteration: bālāq Pronunciation: baw-lawk’ – Balak = “devastator” a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel click here
, Didn’t I speak also to your messengers מַלְאָכֶיךָ
Transliteration: mal’āḵêḵā your angels, your messengers, your agents or your representatives. For more info click here
that you sent to me, saying,
24:13 If Balakבָּלָק
Transliteration: bālāq Pronunciation: baw-lawk’ – Balak = “devastator” a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel click here
would give me his house full of silver and gold, I can’t go beyond the commandment of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, to do [either] goodטוֹבָה
Transliteration: ṭôḇâe – good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well):—beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, fair. For more info click here
or evilרָעָה
Transliteration: rāʿâ -Hebrew Noun: Common Feminine Singular Absolute – In the KJV is translated in the following manner: evil (442x), wickedness (59x), wicked (25x), mischief (21x), hurt (20x), bad (13x), trouble (10x), sore (9x), affliction (6x), ill (5x), adversity (4x), ill favored (3x), harm (3x), naught (3x), noisome (2x), grievous (2x), sad (2x), miscellaneous (34x) For more info click here
of my own mind ; [but] what YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
says, that will I speak ?
24:14 And now, look, I go to my people come [therefore, and] I will advertise you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.
24:15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaamבִּלְעָם
Transliteration bilʿām Pronunciation bil-awm’ Balaam = not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine:— Balaam, Bileam For more info click here
the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said
24:16 He has said, which heard the words of EL אֵל
Transliteration:ēl Pronunciation:ale — masculine noun — God, god-like one, mighty one occurs 245 times in 235 verses in the WLC Hebrew click here
, and knew the knowledge of the most High, [which] saw the vision of Shaddaiשַׁדַּי
romanized: Šaddāy; or Shaddai is one of the names of the God of Israel. El Shaddai is conventionally translated into English as God Almighty (Deus Omnipotens in Latin, Arabic: الله عزوجل, romanized: ʾAllāh ʿazzawajal), but its original meaning is unclear. One of God’s names Shaddai = Exhaustless Bounty click here
, falling [into a trance], but having his eyes open
24:17 I shall see him, but not now I shall behold him, but not near there shall come a Star out of Jacobיַעֲקֹב
(/ˈdʒeɪkəb/; Modern: Yaʿaqōv (help·info), Tiberian: Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb; Greek: Ἰακώβ, romanized: Iakṓb) the name Yaʿaqōv יעקב is derived from ʿaqev עָקֵב “heel”, as Jacob (later called Israel) was born grasping the heel of his twin brother Esau. for more info click here
, and a Sceptre (or scepter in American English) is a staff or wand held in the hand by a ruling monarch as an item of royal or imperial insignia, signifying sovereign, shall rise out of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: yiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here
, and shall strike the corners of Moabמוֹאָב‎
Transliteration:mô’āḇ Pronunciation:mo-awb Moab = “of his father” Son of Lot and his oldest daughter click here also the land of Moab’s descendants
, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
24:18 And Edomאֱדוֹם
was an ancient kingdom in Transjordan, located between Moab to the northeast, the Arabah to the west, and the Arabian Desert to the south and east. Most of its former territory is now divided between present-day southern Israel and Jordan. Edom appears in written sources relating to the late Bronze Age and to the Iron Age in the Levant also another name for Esau the brother of Jacob and Esua’s descendants
shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies ; and Israelוְיִשְׂרָאֵל
Transliteration: vᵊyiśrā’ēl The name Israel (Septuagint Ancient Greek: Ἰσραήλ, Israēl, “El (God) persists/rules” or “God prevails”) refers to the patriarch Jacob who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was given the name after he successfully wrestled with the Angel of the Lord. The earliest known archaeological artifact to mention the word Israel as a collective is the Merneptah Stele of ancient Egypt (dated to the late-13th century BCE) for more info click here
shall do valiantly.
24:19 Out of Jacobיַעֲקֹב
(/ˈdʒeɪkəb/; Modern: Yaʿaqōv (help·info), Tiberian: Yaʿăqōḇ; Arabic: يَعْقُوب, romanized: Yaʿqūb; Greek: Ἰακώβ, romanized: Iakṓb) the name Yaʿaqōv יעקב is derived from ʿaqev עָקֵב “heel”, as Jacob (later called Israel) was born grasping the heel of his twin brother Esau. for more info click here
shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remains of the city.
24:20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek [was] the first of the nationsגּוֹיִם
Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:—the Gentiles, the heathen, the nations, the people. For more info click here
(or the first of the nations that warred against Israel)
; but his latter end [shall be] that he perish forever.
24:21 And he looked on the Kenitesהַקֵּינִי
Transliteration: haqqênî Kenite = “smiths” the tribe from which the father-in-law of Moses was a member and which lived in the area between southern Palestine and the mountains of Sinai click here
, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling place, and you put your nest in a rock.
24:22 However the Kenite (Kain) shall be wasted, until Assyriaאַשּׁוּר
Transliteration:aššûr Pronunciation:ash-shoor’, Asshur or Assyria = “a step” Assyria was an ancient kingdom and empire in northern Mesopotamia, originating as a city-state at Ashur on the Tigris River and developing into a dominant Near Eastern power through military expansion and administrative innovation over three millennia Its early phases included the Old Assyrian period (c. 2025–1750 BC) For more info click here
shall carry you away captive.
24:23 And he took up his parable, and said, Woe, who shall live when EL אֵל
Transliteration:ēl Pronunciation:ale — masculine noun — God, god-like one, mighty one occurs 245 times in 235 verses in the WLC Hebrew click here
does this!
24:24 And ships [shall come] from the coast of Chittimכִּתִּים
Chittim or Kittim = “bruisers” Kittîy, kit-tee’; or כִּתִּיִּי Kittîyîy; patrial from an unused name denoting Cyprus (only in the plural); a Kittite or Cypriote; hence, an islander in general, i.e. the Greeks or Romans on the shores opposite Palestine:—Chittim, Kittim. For more info click here
, and shall afflict Assyriaאַשּׁוּר
Transliteration:aššûr Pronunciation:ash-shoor’, Asshur or Assyria = “a step” Assyria was an ancient kingdom and empire in northern Mesopotamia, originating as a city-state at Ashur on the Tigris River and developing into a dominant Near Eastern power through military expansion and administrative innovation over three millennia Its early phases included the Old Assyrian period (c. 2025–1750 BC) For more info click here
, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish forever.
24:25 And Balaamבִּלְעָם
Transliteration bilʿām Pronunciation bil-awm’ Balaam = not (of the) people, i.e. foreigner; Bilam, a Mesopotamian prophet; also a place in Palestine:— Balaam, Bileam For more info click here
got up, and went and returned to his place and Balakבָּלָק
Transliteration: bālāq Pronunciation: baw-lawk’ – Balak = “devastator” a king of Moab who hired Balaam to curse Israel click here
also went his wayלְדַרְכּוֹ
Transliteration: lᵊḏarkô – his way, his road, his distance, his journey, fhis manner, his path, his direction, toward his – For more info

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