Passage Research
Numbers 22 — Sermon Preparation
Balak king of Moab hires Balaam to curse Israel; on the way his donkey stops when it sees the angel of the Lord, and speaks to rebuke its master. Below is a research summary for Numbers 22, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Numbers 22 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בִּלְעָם | Bilʻâm | H1109 | 29 | Bilam |
| בָּלָק | Bâlâq | H1111 | 17 | Balak |
| אָתוֹן | ʼâthôwn | H860 | 14 | female donkey |
| מוֹאָב | Môwʼâb | H4124 | 11 | Moab |
| מַלְאָךְ | malʼâk | H4397 | 11 | messenger, angel |
| יָלַךְ | yâlak | H3212 | 12 | walk, carry |
| דֶּרֶךְ | derek | H1870 | 8 | road, trodden |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 22, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The king of Moab formed a plan to get the people of Israel cursed; that is, to set God against them, who had hitherto fought for them. He had a false notion, that if he could get some prophet to pray for evil upon them, and to pronounce a blessing upon himself and his forces, that then he should be able to deal with them. None had so great a reputation as Balaam; and Balak will employ him, though he send a great way for him. It is not known whether the Lord had ever spoken to Balaam, or by him, before this; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 22:1–14 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jericho 1— Num 22:1
- Jordan— Num 22:1
- Moab 2— Num 22:1
- Egypt— Num 22:11
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