Numbers 24:15 KJV — MannaFest

Numbers 24:15

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

KJV

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ASV

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

WEB

Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,

YLT

And he taketh up his simile, and saith: `An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor--And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut--

DBT

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,

About this book

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Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Author: Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date: The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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9 verses on the floor

Hebrews 6:4
For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
Numbers 23:7
And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
Job 27:1
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Numbers 24:3–4
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 23:18
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:

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He calls God the Most High, and the Almighty; no man could speak more honourably of him, nor seem to put a greater value upon his acquaintance with him, and yet he had no true fear of him, love to him, or faith in him, so far may a man go towards heaven, and yet come short. Here is his prophecy concerning him that should be the crown and glory of his people Israel, who is, 1.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

NUM 24:15MAT 13:35 PSA 78:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
NUM 24:15MAT 13:35 EPH 3:9
NUM 24:15MAT 13:35 ROM 16:25-26
NUM 24:15MAT 13:35 1PE 1:20-21
NUM 24:15MAT 13:35 1CO 2:7
NUM 24:15NUM 23:7 NUM 24:3
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
NUM 24:15NUM 23:7 NUM 22:5-6
NUM 24:15NUM 23:7 NUM 23:18

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