17<\/strong>. I will promote thee unto very great honour<\/em> ] I will<\/em> surely honour thee exceedingly. The expression does not imply that Balaam would be appointed to a high office, but only that the king would shew him great respect and reward him liberally.<\/p>\n Before he wrought upon his covetousness, now upon his ambition. <\/P> <\/p>\n For I will promote thee unto very great honour<\/strong>,…. In his court, by making him some great officer there, perhaps his prime minister; so that as before he laid a bait for his covetousness, sending him large presents, and rewards of divination; here, for his pride and ambition, promising him court preferment; though Aben Ezra interprets it of mammon or riches, of which he could give him an immense sum: “in honouring I will exceedingly honour thee” f; or load thee with wealth and riches; and so Balaam seems to understand it, since in his answer he says, “if Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold”; both civil honour and worldly wealth may be taken into the account, since they are both heavy and weighty things, and very desirable and ensnaring:<\/p>\n and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me<\/strong>; give him what money he should ask of him, put him into whatsoever place and office he should desire; and though he was a sovereign prince, would be at his beck and command, and do whatever he should direct him to do in his kingdom, as well as in what concerned the affair of cursing Israel; as we find he afterwards did, with respect to sacrifices and rites relative thereunto:<\/p>\n come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people<\/strong>; renewing the request made in the first embassy with great importunity, Nu 22:6<\/span> but using here a different word for “cursing”; there, as Munster observes, the word signifies to curse lightly; here, to blaspheme and utterly devote to ruin; to which may be added, to curse expressly and by name, to pierce through and through, to deprive of all benefits, and to destroy utterly.<\/p>\n f “honorando honorabo te valde”, Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator.<\/p>\n Num 22:17 For I will promote thee unto very great honour, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.<\/p>\n Ver. 17. For I will promote thee.<\/strong> ] Thus Satan tempted our Saviour, Mat 4:8-9 and the Pope Luther, offering him a Cardinalship to hold his tongue, and proposing unto him the example of Aeneas Sylvius, who casting away his opinions, became Pope; and of Bessarion of Nice, who of a poor Calover of Trebizond, became a great renowned Cardinal, and wanted not much of being Pope. a<\/em> But Luther answered the messenger, Contemptus est a me Romanus et favor et furor,<\/em> I care not for the Pope’s proffers of any preferment. And when one counselled to try him with money, another more wise answered, Hem, Germana illa bestia non curat aurum,<\/em> That Dutch beast cares not for gold. But Balaam was not a man of Luther’s make. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n a<\/em> Hist. of Coun. of Trent.<\/p>\n promote thee unto very great honour. Figure of speech Polyptoton (App-6), for the emphasis rightly shown in the translation. Hebrew an honouring I will honour thee. See note on Gen 26:28. <\/p>\n I will promote: Num 24:11, Deu 16:9, Est 5:11, Est 7:9, Mat 4:8, Mat 4:9, Mat 16:26 <\/p>\n and I will do: Num 23:2, Num 23:3, Num 23:29, Num 23:30, Mat 14:7 <\/p>\n come: Num 22:6 <\/p>\n curse me: An erroneous opinion prevailed, both in those days and in after ages, that some men had the power, by the help of their gods, to devote, not only particular persons, but cities and whole armies, to destruction. This they are said to have done sometimes by words of imprecation; of which there was a set form among some people, which schines calls , “the determinate curse.” Macrobius has a whole chapter on this subject. He gives us two of the ancient forms used in reference to the destruction of Carthage; the first, which was only pronounced by the dictator, or general, was to call over the protecting deities to their side, and the other to devote the city to destruction, which they were supposed to have abandoned. The Romans held, that no city would be taken till its tutelary god had forsaken it; or if it could be taken, it would be unlawful, as it would be sacrilege to lead the gods into captivity. Virgil intimates, that Troy was destroyed because Excessere omnes adytis, arisque relictis dii, quibus imperium hoc steterat, “All the gods, by whose assistance the empire had hitherto been preserved, forsook their altars and temples.” See more on this subject in Dr. A. Clarke, Bp. Patrick, and Burder’s Oriental Customs, No. 734. <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Num 22:37 – General Num 23:7 – Come Num 23:11 – General Num 24:10 – I called Deu 23:4 – because they hired Jdg 16:5 – we will 2Sa 13:28 – fear not 2Ki 5:5 – and took Dan 2:6 – ye shall Dan 2:48 – a great Dan 5:7 – be clothed Act 1:18 – with 1Ti 6:9 – they<\/p>\n For I will promote thee unto very great honor, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. 17. I will promote thee unto very great honour ] I will surely honour thee exceedingly. 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