Balaam's Vision and Prayer
Numbers 23:5-12
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.…


I. HIS SPLENDID VISION.

1. He saw the pleasant tent-life of the people. Reposing peacefully on the strong arm of the Lord. Every truly good man's life is an illustration.

2. He saw the shadow of Israel's impending victory.

3. He saw Israel's most savage foe, Balak, chained to his lair.

II. HIS BEAUTIFUL PRAYER.

1. He believed in death, aye, in two sorts of death; he puts the death of the righteous over against the death of the wicked, though he makes no mention of the latter.

2. He believed that the death of the righteous was always desirable.

(W. V. Young.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.

WEB: Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak."




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