15And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:
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And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: …
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.
And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor:
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 15-25)The office of prophets was both to bless and to prophesy in the name of the Lord. Balaam, as a prophet, per force had blessed Israel; here he foretels future events. I. His preface is much the same as that, Num. 24:3 ; 4 . He personates a true prophet admirably well, God permitting and directing him to do so, because, whatever he was, the prophecy itself was a true prophecy. He boasts, 1. That his…
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