29<\/strong>. thou hast mocked me<\/em> ] thou hast<\/em> made sport of<\/strong> me<\/em>; i.e. purposely caused me annoyance for your own pleasure.<\/p>\n Balaam, <\/B>was not much terrified with the asss speaking, because he was much accustomed to converse with evil spirits, which oft appeared to him and discoursed with him in the shape of such creatures. <\/P> <\/p>\n And Balaam said unto the ass, because thou hast mocked me<\/strong>,…. Or rather “defiled me”, as the word is rendered in Job 16:15<\/span> by running with him against a wall, and by lying down with him in the dust and dirt, and so the Arabic version renders it,<\/p>\n “because thou hast rolled me in the dirt;”<\/p>\n the sense of mocking is not easy to be understood, unless it be that it exposed him to be mocked and laughed at by others, by turning aside, and lying down, and being so unruly; but then there were only his servants with him, to whom only he could be exposed in such a manner, which one would think would not have given him so much concern, and put him into such a passion: the word sometimes is used for seeking occasion, and such a sense it may have here, as that it sought an opportunity or occasion to throw him, and so to kill him, or at least to do him harm, see Da 6:4<\/span><\/p>\n I would there were a sword in my hand, for now would I kill thee<\/strong>: so enraged was he, and his passion was so great, that he was not at all frightened and amazed to hear the ass speak, though Josephus q represents him as disturbed and astonished at it; but some think, he being used to converse with spirits in the shapes of various creatures, it was no surprise to him to hear it speak.<\/p>\n q Antiqu. l. 4. c. 6. sect. 3.<\/p>\n 29<\/strong>. <\/strong> Because thou hast mocked me <\/strong> It has been remarked that there are no evidences of surprise or alarm in Balaam at this wonderful phenomenon, and that his calmness proves that it was not a real speaking by the ass. Argumentum e silentio, <\/em> the argument from silence, is the least cogent of all proofs. The mind is incapable of being swayed by two different emotions at the same time. While anger was dominant terror was in abeyance. There is no need of supposing that Balaam was accustomed to such prodigies. <\/p>\n Now would I kill thee <\/strong> Note the madness of the wicked, who with words and blows persecute their monitors.<\/p>\n Num 22:29<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>And Balaam said unto the ass<\/em><\/strong><\/strong> It is strange, says Mr. Saurin, that Balaam should not shew any kind of surprise when he heard the ass speak like a human creature. Some critics have thought they solved the difficulty, by supposing, that this prophet had embraced the doctrine of the transmigration of souls, which they prove to be very common in the East. See Le Clerc. But could Pythagoras or Plato themselves, who were such great promoters of that doctrine, have heard, without astonishment, an ass speaking like a man? The conciseness of Moses’ narration certainly supplies us with a better and more solid answer to this objection. He has, without doubt, omitted some circumstances which would entirely have removed it had they been known. Josephus represents the prophet as greatly astonished at the event, Antiq. lib. iv. c. 6<\/p>\n Num 22:29 And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee.<\/p>\n Ver. 29. I would there were a sword.<\/strong> ] Pity but a madman should have a sword! How much fitter for him were that rod that Solomon speaks of. Pro 26:3 <\/p>\n for now would: Pro 12:10, Pro 12:16, Ecc 9:3 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 3:1 – he said Gen 30:34 – General Mat 2:16 – when<\/p>\n And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. 29. thou hast mocked me ] thou hast made sport of me; i.e. purposely caused me annoyance for your own pleasure. 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Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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