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Nombres 24:2

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2 Et Balaam, levant les yeux, vit Israël campé selon ses tribus; et l'esprit de Dieu fut sur lui.

Nombres 24:2 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 24:2

And Balaam lifted up his eyes
Being on Mount Peor:

and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes;
in that exact order in which they were directed to encamp under four standards, and so many tribes under each standard, ( Numbers 2:1-34 )

and the Spirit of God came upon him;
not in his grace but in his gifts; not as a spirit of sanctification, but as a spirit of prophecy, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan paraphrase it; and so sometimes the Spirit of God in this sense has come upon wicked men, as on Caiaphas and others, ( John 11:51 ) ( Matthew 7:22 Matthew 7:23 ) .

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Nombres 24:2 In-Context

1 Or, Balaam, voyant que l'Éternel trouvait bon de bénir Israël, n'alla point, comme les autres fois, chercher des enchantements; mais il tourna son visage vers le désert.
2 Et Balaam, levant les yeux, vit Israël campé selon ses tribus; et l'esprit de Dieu fut sur lui.
3 Et il prononça son discours sentencieux, et dit: Oracle de Balaam, fils de Béor, oracle de l'homme qui a l'œil ouvert:
4 Oracle de celui qui entend les paroles de Dieu, qui voit la vision du Tout-Puissant, qui se prosterne et dont les y eux sont ouverts:
5 Que tes tentes sont belles, ô Jacob! et tes demeures, ô Israël!
The Ostervald translation is in the public domain.

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