No enchantment against israel. Balaam’s Second Oracle. “God has not observed wickedness in Jacob [for he is forgiven], Nor has He seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with Israel, And the shout of their King is among the people. [Rom_4:7-8; 1Jn_3:1-2] Num 23:21
INTRODUCTION TO THE OLD TESTAMENT13
The Experiences in the Wilderness
III. IN THE PLAINS OF MOAB, Numbers 22:2-36
1.Balak and Balaam, Numbers 22-24
35. How did Balak try a second time to get Israel cursed? With what result?
BALAAM’S SECOND ORACLE
Balak said to him, “Come with me, I implore you, to another place from where you can see them, although you will see only the nearest and not all of them; and curse them for me from there.”
So he took Balaam to the field of Zophim to the top of [Mount] Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here beside your burnt offering while I go to meet the LORD over there.”
Then the LORD met Balaam and put a speech in his mouth, and said, “Go back to Balak and you shall speak thus.”
When Balaam returned to Balak, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab were with him. And Balak said to him, “What has the LORD spoken?”
Balaam took up his [second] discourse (oracle) and said: “Rise up, O Balak, and hear; Listen [closely] to me, son of Zippor.
“God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken and will He not make it good and fulfill it?
“Behold, I have received His command to bless [Israel]. He has blessed, and I cannot reverse it.
“God has not observed wickedness in Jacob [for he is forgiven], Nor has He seen trouble in Israel. The LORD their God is with Israel, And the shout of their King is among the people. [Rom_4:7-8; 1Jn_3:1-2]
“God brought them out of Egypt; They have the strength of a wild ox.
“For there is no enchantment or omen against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel. At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what has God done!
“Behold, a people rises up like a lioness And lifts itself up like a lion; He will not lie down until he devours the prey And drinks the blood of the slain.”
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”
But Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not say to you, ‘All that the LORD speaks, that I must do?'”
Then Balak said to Balaam, “Please come; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.”
So Balak brought Balaam to the top of [Mount] Peor, that overlooks the wasteland.
And Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams here.”
Balak did just as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
Comments by
F.B.Meyer
On
Numbers 23:13-30
NO ENCHANTMENT AGAINST ISRAEL
Balak was surprised and disappointed. He therefore bethought himself of limiting the seer’s vision, so that he might see an attenuated Israel from a height that commanded only a partial view of the camp. How often we try to see only what we want to see! How often we shut our eyes to a rival’s real merits! Instead of entering into God’s great thoughts we shut ourselves up in a tiny limited world. We will not acknowledge what our pride does not want to acknowledge. We are like children building sand-castles against the tide. You had better bring your mind to harmonize with God’s facts than minimize or evade their truth. You are hurting yourself, but can never alter them. Take God’s way and be at peace!
Let us ponder Num_23:21 -it is as we are in God’s purpose; and Num_23:23 -when faced by our enemies; and Num_23:24 -when most convinced of our helplessness.
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