22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
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God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? …
I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-30)Here is, I. Preparation made the second time, as before, for the cursing of Israel. 1. The place is changed, Num. 23:13. Balak fancied that Balaam, having so full a prospect of the whole camp of Israel, from the top of the rocks (Num. 23:9), was either so enamoured with the beauty of it that he would not curse them or so affrighted with the terror of it that he durst not; and therefore he would br…
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