Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
Numbers Chapter 24
Overview
Num 24:1, Balaam, leaving divinations, prophesies the happiness of Israel; Num 24:10, Balak, in anger, dismisses him; Num 24:15, He prophesies of the Star of Jacob, and the destruction of some nations.
saw: Num 22:13, Num 23:20, Num 31:16; Sa1 24:20, Sa1 26:2, Sa1 26:25; Rev 2:14
at other times: Num 23:3, Num 23:15
to seek for enchantments: Heb. to the meeting of enchantments, Num 23:23
abiding: Num 24:5, 2:2-34, Num 23:9, Num 23:10; Sol 6:4, Sol 6:10
the spirit: Num 11:25-29; Sa1 10:10, Sa1 19:20, Sa1 19:23; Ch2 15:1; Mat 7:22, Mat 10:4, Mat 10:8; Luk 10:20; Joh 11:49-51
he took up: Num 23:7, Num 23:18
whose eyes are open hath said: Heb. who had his eyes shut, but now opened, Num 24:4, Num 24:16, Num 22:31
saw: Num 12:6; Gen 15:12; Psa 89:19; Dan 8:26, Dan 8:27; Act 10:10, Act 10:19, Act 22:17; Co2 12:1-4
falling: Num 22:31; Sa1 19:24; Eze 1:28; Dan 8:17, Dan 8:18, Dan 10:15, Dan 10:16; Rev 1:10, Rev 1:17
as gardens: Gen 2:8-10, Gen 13:10; Sol 4:12-15, Sol 6:11; Isa 58:11; Jer 31:12; Joe 3:18
as the trees: Ahalim, "lign-aloe trees." This tree, which grows in the East Indies, is described as being eight or ten feet in height, with a stem the thickness of a man's thigh. At the top grows a large tuft of jagged and thick leaves, thick and indented, broad at the bottom, but growing narrower towards the point, and about four feet in length. The blossoms are red, intermingled with yellow, and double like cloves; from which comes a red and white fruit, of the size of a pea, oblong and triangular, with three apartments filled with seed. The tree has a very beautiful appearance; and a forest of them is said to bear a resemblance to a numerous encampment. Psa 1:3; Jer 17:18
which the: Psa 104:16; Isa 41:19
as cedar: Psa 92:12-14; Eze 31:3, Eze 31:4, Eze 47:12
pour: Psa 68:26; Pro 5:16-18; Isa 48:1
many waters: Psa 93:3, Psa 93:4; Jer 51:13; Rev 17:1, Rev 17:15
his king: Ezr 4:20; Psa 2:6-10, Psa 18:43; Joh 1:49; Phi 2:10, Phi 2:11; Rev 19:16
Agag: Sa1 15:8, Sa1 15:9, Sa1 15:32, Sa1 15:33
his kingdom: Sa2 5:12; Kg1 4:21; Ch1 14:2; Isa 2:2, Isa 9:7; Dan 2:44; Rev 11:15
shall eat: Num 14:9, Num 23:24; Deu 7:1
break: Psa 2:9; Isa 38:13; Jer 50:17; Dan 6:24
pierce: Deu 32:23, Deu 32:42; Psa 21:12, Psa 45:5; Jer 50:9
couched: Gen 49:9; Job 38:39, Job 38:40
who shall: Num 23:24; Job 41:10; Psa 2:12
Blessed: Gen 12:3, Gen 27:29; Psa 122:6; Mat 25:40, Mat 25:45; Act 9:5
he smote: Job 27:23; Eze 21:14, Eze 21:17, Eze 22:13
I called: Num 22:6, Num 22:11, Num 22:17, Num 23:11; Deu 23:4, Deu 23:5; Jos 24:9, Jos 24:10; Neh 13:2
I thought: Num 22:17, Num 22:37
the Lord: Mat 19:28-30; Act 8:20; Phi 3:8; Heb 11:24-26; Pe1 5:2, Pe1 5:3; Jo2 1:8
I will advertise: Num 24:17, Num 31:7-18; Mic 6:5; Rev 2:10, Rev 2:14
the latter: Gen 49:1; Isa 24:22; Jer 48:47, Jer 49:39; Dan 2:28, Dan 10:14; Hos 3:5; Act 2:17; Ti2 3:1
Num 24:3, Num 24:4, Num 23:7, Num 23:18; Job 27:1; Mat 13:35
Num 24:4; Sa2 23:1, Sa2 23:2; Co1 8:1, Co1 13:2
I shall see him: The Targum of Onkelos translates this passage in the following manner: "I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but he is not near. When a king shall arise from the house of Jacob, and the Messiah be anointed from the house of Israel; he shall slay the princes of Moab, and rule over all the children of men." The marginal references will direct the reader to the fulfilment of these remarkable prophecies. Job 19:25-27; Zac 12:10; Jde 1:11, Jde 1:14, Jde 1:15; Rev 1:7
a Star: Mat 2:2-9; Luk 1:78; Pe2 1:19; Rev 22:16
a Sceptre: Gen 49:10; Psa 45:6, Psa 78:70-72, Psa 110:2; Isa 9:7; Luk 1:32, Luk 1:33; Heb 1:8
smite the corners of Moab: or, smite through the princes of Moab, Sa1 14:38 *marg. Zac 10:4
Moab: Sa2 8:2; Kg2 3:5, Kg2 3:26, Kg2 3:27; Ch1 18:2; Jer 48:45
all the children: Gen 4:25, Gen 4:26, 5:3-29
Sheth: Psa 72:8-11; Rev 11:15
Gen 27:29, Gen 27:40; Sa2 8:14; Psa 60:1 *title Psa 60:8-12; Isa 34:5, Isa 63:1; Amo 9:12
Of Jacob: Gen 49:10; Psa 2:1-12, Psa 72:10, Psa 72:11; Isa 11:10; Mic 5:2, Mic 5:4; Mat 28:18; Co1 15:25; Eph 1:20-22; Phi 2:10, Phi 2:11; Heb 1:8; Pe1 3:22; Rev 19:16
shall destroy: Psa 21:7-10; Mat 25:46; Luk 19:12, Luk 19:27
the first of the nations: or, the first of the nations that warred against Israel, Exo 17:8, Exo 17:16
his latter end: Jdg 6:3; Sa1 14:48, Sa1 15:3-8, Sa1 27:8, Sa1 27:9, Sa1 30:1, Sa1 30:17; Ch1 4:43; Est 3:1; Est 7:9, Est 7:10, Est 9:14
shall be that he perish for ever: or, shall be even to destruction, Exo 17:14; Sa1 15:3, Sa1 15:8
the Kenites: Gen 15:19; Jdg 1:16; Job 29:18
the Kenite: Heb. Kain, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. or, how long shall it be ere Asshur carry thee away captive? Gen 10:11; Ezr 4:2; Psa 83:8; Hos 14:3
when God: Num 23:23; Kg2 5:1; Mal 3:2
Chittim: Gen 10:4; Isa 23:1; Dan 7:19, Dan 7:20, Dan 8:5-8, Dan 8:21, Dan 10:20, Dan 11:30
and shall afflict Eber: Gen 10:21-25, Gen 14:13; Dan 9:26, Dan 9:27; Mat 24:15; Luk 20:24, Luk 23:29-31; Joh 11:48
and he also: Dan 2:35, Dan 2:45, Dan 7:23-26, Dan 11:45; Rev. 18:2-24