Numbers 23:18

18 Then Balaam delivered this message: "Stand up, Balak, and listen! Hear me, son of Zippor!

Numbers 23:18 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 23:18

And he took up his parable
Pronounced the word put into his mouth,

and said, rise up Balak, and hear;
not from his seat, as Eglon a successor of his did, ( Judges 3:20 ) for he was now standing by his burnt offering; but the sense is, that he would raise his attention, and stir up himself with all diligence to hear what he was about to say:

hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor;
or to his word, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, which follow.

Numbers 23:18 In-Context

16 The LORD came to Balaam and told him, "Go back to Balak, and give him my message."
17 He came to Balak and found him standing beside his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. Balak asked him, "What did the LORD say?"
18 Then Balaam delivered this message: "Stand up, Balak, and listen! Hear me, son of Zippor!
19 God is not like people. He tells no lies. He is not like humans. He doesn't change his mind. When he says something, he does it. When he makes a promise, he keeps it.
20 I have received a command to bless. He has blessed, and I can't change it.
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