40<\/strong>. and sent to Balaam<\/em> &c.] When the animals had been slaughtered for sacrifice, Balak caused portions of the flesh to be brought to Balaam and the Moabite princes who had accompanied him. Cf. 1Sa 9:23<\/span> f.<\/p>\n Verse 40<\/span>. And Balak offered oxen, &c.<\/B><\/I>] This was to gain the favour of his gods, and perhaps to propitiate Jehovah, that the end for which he had sent for Balaam might be accomplished.<\/P> <\/p>\n Or, killed<\/I>, either for sacrifice, or rather for a feast; for the sacrifices were offered after this, Num 23:1<\/span>,2<\/span>. <\/P> Sent to Balaam, <\/B>to invite him to the feast. The king had left the princes to accompany him and attend upon him. <\/P> <\/p>\n 40. Balak offered oxen andsheep<\/B>made preparations for a grand entertainment to Balaam andthe princes of Midian.<\/P><\/p>\n And Balak offered oxen and sheep<\/strong>,…. Or “slew” w them, either for sacrifice; and if so Balak was the sacrificer, as it was common for kings to be priests; and then Balaam, who was sent for, was the prophet, that was to observe and explain any omen at the time of sacrificing, as Calchas did, when the chiefs of Greece sacrificed x: or rather for a feast, as the following words seem to show; though it might be for both, it being usual, when sacrifices were offered to idols, to eat part of them in a festival way, in imitation of the peace offerings of the Jews, see Nu 25:2<\/span>:<\/p>\n and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him<\/strong>; either part of it to them, or he sent for them to come, and partake of the feast, he and the princes of Moab and Midian, that had been to fetch him, and still attended him; and this the king did in a way of rejoicing, being glad that Balaam was come, and as expressing his well pleasedness with the conduct of the princes, and their success, as well as to keep Balaam in high spirits, hoping to have his end answered by him.<\/p>\n w “cuinque occidisset”, V. L. x Homer. Iliad. 1.<\/p>\n (40) And Balak offered . . . <\/strong>Better, and Balak slew <\/em>(or, slaughtered in sacrifice<\/em>), &c. <\/em>The word rendered offered <\/em>does not necessarily denote anything more than to slay. <\/em>It is very commonly used, however, to denote slaying in sacrifice; and it is most probable that Balak made a sacrificial feast, and sent portions of the flesh to Balaam and the princes who were with him. Kings not unfrequently acted as priests of old, as, e.g., <\/em>Melchizedek. <\/em>(Comp. Rex Anius, rex idem hominum Phoebique sacerdos, <\/em>Aen. 3:80.)<\/p>\n 40<\/strong>. <\/strong> Balak offered oxen and sheep <\/strong> These clean animals indicate that the king offered a propitiatory sacrifice to Jehovah, the God of Balaam, for the favourable issue of their undertaking. And sent to Balaam <\/strong> portions of the offerings as a pledge of honours soon to be bestowed. “All things have this aim, that Balaam, befooled by flatterers, should be ashamed to deny any thing to a king so magnificent, by whom he had been treated not only in a friendly but in a princely manner.” Calvin.<\/p>\n Num 23:2, Num 23:14, Num 23:30, Gen 31:54, Pro 1:16 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Jer 48:35 – him that offereth<\/p>\n Num 22:40. Sent to Balaam, and to the princes, &c. Either to invite them to partake of the feast upon the sacrifice, or, having sacrificed, he sent portions of the sacred banquet to him, and the princes whom he had left to attend him. Balaam, who professed to be a worshipper of the true God, was very blame-worthy in partaking of meat offered to idols.<\/p>\n And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that [were] with him. 40. and sent to Balaam &c.] When the animals had been slaughtered for sacrifice, Balak caused portions of the flesh to be brought to Balaam and the Moabite princes who had accompanied him. 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