Passage Research
Numbers 24 — Sermon Preparation
Balaam delivers a fourth oracle prophesying Israel's future victories and a star rising from Jacob who will defeat Moab and Edom. Below is a research summary for Numbers 24, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 25
- verses
- 306 / 163
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 7
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Numbers 24 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בִּלְעָם | Bilʻâm | H1109 | 8 | Bilam |
| מָשָׁל | mâshâl | H4912 | 5 | pithy, simile |
| בָּלָק | Bâlâq | H1111 | 5 | Balak |
| נָשָׂא | nâsâʼ | H5375 | 7 | lift |
| נְאֻם | nᵉʼum | H5002 | 6 | oracle |
| עַיִן | ʻayin | H5869 | 6 | eye, fountain |
| בָּרַךְ | bârak | H1288 | 5 | kneel, bless |
How preachers through history handled this text
7 public-domain excerpts on Numbers 24, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Under the powerful influence of the Spirit of prophecy, Balaam foretold the future prosperity and extensive dominion of Israel. Balaam boasts that his eyes are open. The prophets were in old times called seers. He had heard the words of God, which many do who neither heed them, nor hear God in them. He knew the knowledge of the Most High. A man may be full of the knowledge of God, yet utterly destitute of the grace of God. He calls God the Most High and the Almighty. No man could seem to express a greater respect to God; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Numbers 24:15–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Moab 1— Num 24:17
- Edom— Num 24:18
- Mount Seir 1— Num 24:18
- Amalek— Num 24:20
- Asshur— Num 24:22
- Kain— Num 24:22
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