Numbers 23:18

18 Then Balaam gave 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 So the Lord came to Balaam and told him what to say. Then he said, "Go back to Balak and say such and such."

17 So Balaam went to Balak, where he and the leaders of Moab were standing beside his burnt offering. Balak asked him, "What did the Lord say?"

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

19 God is not a human being, and he will not lie. He is not a human, and he does not change his mind. What he says he will do, he does. What he promises, he makes come true

20 He told me to bless them, so I cannot change the blessing.