24<\/strong>. Cf. Mic 5:8<\/span>.<\/p>\n Verse 24<\/span>. Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion<\/B><\/I>] labi<\/I>, the great, mighty<\/I>, or old lion<\/I>, the king of the forest, who is feared and respected by all the other beasts of the field; so shall Israel be the subduer and possessor of the whole land of Canaan. And as a young lion<\/I>, ari from arah, to tear off<\/I>, the predatory lion<\/I>, or the lion in the act of seizing<\/I> and tearing<\/I> his prey; – the nations against whom the Israelites are now going shall be no more able to defend themselves against their attacks, than the feeblest beasts of the forest are against the attacks of the strong lion.<\/P><\/p>\n As a lion rouseth up himself to fight, or to go out to the prey; so shall Israel stir up themselves to warlike attempts against all their enemies, as occasion shall offer itself. <\/P> He shall not lie down, <\/B>i.e. not rest or cease from fighting and pursuing. <\/P> <\/p>\n Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion<\/strong>,…. Or rather, “as the lioness” n, which, as Aelianus says o, is the strongest and most warlike beast, the most fierce and furious, as is believed both by Greeks and Barbarians; and he mentions the heroism of Perdiccas the Macedonian, and Semiramis the Assyrian, in engaging with and killing, not the lion or leopard, but lioness:<\/p>\n and shall lift up himself as a young lion<\/strong>; both phrases denoting the courage and strength of the people of Israel, in attacking their enemies and engaging them:<\/p>\n he shall not lie down<\/strong>; being once roused up and engaged in war:<\/p>\n until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain<\/strong>; as the lion does when it has seized on a creature, tears it to pieces, eats its flesh and drinks its blood: this may refer to the slaughter of the Midianites that would be quickly made, and among the slain of whom Balaam himself was, Nu 31:7<\/span>, and to the slaughter and conquest of the Canaanites under Joshua, and taking their spoils.<\/p>\n n “ut leaena”, V. L. Tigurine version. o Var. Hist. l. 12. c. 39. Vid. Herodot. Thalia, sive, l. 3. c. 108.<\/p>\n 24. Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion. This comparison is not in every respect accurate; for it does not signify that the Israelites should be cruel or rapacious, but merely bold and strong, and prompt in their resistance if any should provoke them. In the next chapter, it will occur again with a slight change in the words. What Balaam here predicates generally of the whole people, is applied in the blessings of Jacob to the tribe of Judah alone, (Gen 49:9<\/span>,) because it especially excelled in bravery. The sum is, that however the people of Israel might be attacked on every side, it should be endued with invincible fortitude, to overcome all assaults, or to repel them vigorously. Let us, finally, remember that this courage, wherewith Israel was to defend itself against all its enemies, was counted amongst the gifts of God; as: if Balaam had said that they should be preserved by the help of God. <\/p>\n (24) As a great lion.<\/strong>Better, as a lioness. <\/em>(Comp. Gen. 49:9<\/span>.) Balaam transfers to the whole nation that which Jacob had prophesied of Judah.<\/p>\n 24<\/strong>. <\/strong> As a great lion <\/strong> Under the imagery of the king of the forest the invincibility of the Hebrew military power, or of Jehovah energizing obedient Israel, is strikingly set forth. The prediction of Jacob respecting Judah (Gen 49:9<\/span>) is here extended to the whole nation, to blast the hope of Balak that he should destroy Israel. See Num 24:8-9<\/span>, notes. <\/p>\n Drink the blood <\/strong> The cruelty and rapacity which these words might seem to indicate are not intended. The simile must not bepressed too far. Strength, courage, and national superiority are symbolized by the lion. Gen 49:9<\/span>, note.<\/p>\n Num 23:24 Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat [of] the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.<\/p>\n Ver. 24. Behold the people.<\/strong> ] This is chiefly true of God’s peculiar people, subduing their spiritual enemies, Mic 5:8-9 being bold as lions.<\/p>\n as a great: Num 24:8, Num 24:9, Gen 49:9, Deu 33:20, Psa 17:12, Pro 30:30, Isa 31:4, Amo 3:8, Rev 5:5 <\/p>\n he shall: Num 24:17, Gen 49:27, Dan 2:44, Mic 5:8, Mic 5:9, Zec 10:4, Zec 10:5, Zec 12:6, Rev 19:11-21 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 49:28 – the twelve Lev 1:3 – a burnt 1Ki 10:20 – lions 2Ch 9:18 – two lions Job 4:11 – old lion Job 38:40 – General Psa 57:3 – from the reproach of him Psa 58:6 – young Rev 4:7 – the first beast<\/p>\n Num 23:24. As a great lion As a lion rouseth up himself to fight, or to go out to the prey, so shall Israel stir up themselves to warlike attempts against their enemies. He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey They shall not lay down their arms until they have made an entire conquest of their enemies; just as the lion, risen up to pursue his prey, doth not usually lie down till he hath taken that prey, and drunk the blood of the beasts he has slain. The prophecy seems to have a peculiar respect to the conquest of the Canaanites. This was the condition of Israel at present, and during the days of Joshua and David. But alas! their sins and follies often so enfeebled them that they themselves became an easy prey to their enemies! And there is no truth more plain or more incontestable than this, that piety and virtue are at once the strength and glory of a nation, and that ungodliness and vice are the surest and saddest presages of the ruin of any people.<\/p>\n Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat [of] the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. 24. Cf. Mic 5:8. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 24. Behold, the people shall rise … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 23:24”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4449\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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
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Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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