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Numbers 24:15 KJV
Numbers · chapter 24 · verse 15
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:Numbers 24:15 · King James Version
Numbers 24:15 in context
13If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak?
14And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days.
15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
16He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- parablemâshâlproperly, a pithy maxim, usually of metaphorical natureH4912 →
- BalaamBilʻâmBilam, a Mesopotamian prophetH1109 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
- BeorBᵉʻôwrBeor, the name of the father of an Edomitish kingH1160 →
- saidnᵉʼuman oracleH5002 →
- eyesʻayinan eyeH5869 →
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The office of prophets was both to bless and to prophesy in the name of the Lord. Balaam, as a prophet, per force had blessed Israel; here he foretels future events. I. His preface is much the same as that, Num 24:3, Num 24:4.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-25