Numbers 24:16

16 hearing the oracles of God, receiving knowledge from the Most High, and having seen a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened.

Numbers 24:16 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 24:16

(See Gill on Numbers 24:15)

Numbers 24:16 In-Context

14 And now, behold, I return to my place; come, I will advise thee of what this people shall do to thy people in the last days.
15 And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says,
16 hearing the oracles of God, receiving knowledge from the Most High, and having seen a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened.
17 I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: a star shall rise out of Jacob, a man shall spring out of Israel; and shall crush the princes of Moab, and shall spoil all the sons of Seth.
18 And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance , and Israel wrought valiantly.

Footnotes 2

The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.