Numbers 24:10

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹⁰Then Balak's anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, "I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.¹¹Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would richly reward you, but instead the LORD has denied your reward." ¹²Balaam answered Balak, "Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me ¹³that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I will speak whatever the LORD says. ¹⁴Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he smote: Job 27:23, Ezekiel 21:14, Ezekiel 21:17, Ezekiel 22:13

I called: Numbers 22:6, Numbers 22:11, Numbers 22:17, Numbers 23:11, Deuteronomy 23:4, Deuteronomy 23:5, Joshua 24:9, Joshua 24:10, Nehemiah 13:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:2 - General Judges 7:14 - his fellow 1 Samuel 26:25 - Blessed Ezekiel 6:11 - Smite Matthew 2:16 - when Acts 11:10 - three

Cross-References

Genesis 11:31
And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

Genesis 24:2
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, "Place your hand under my thigh,

Genesis 24:4
but will go to my country and my kindred to take a wife for my son Isaac."

Genesis 24:5
The servant asked him, "What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?"

Genesis 24:6
Abraham replied, "Make sure that you do not take my son back there.

Genesis 24:8
And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there."

Genesis 24:9
So the servant placed his hand under his master Abraham's thigh and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.

Genesis 24:10
Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor's hometown in Mesopotamia.

Genesis 24:22
And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.

Genesis 24:23
"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Please tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam,.... He had bore much and long, but he could bear no longer, he was quite impatient, his last words more especially must exceedingly nettle him:

and he smote his hands together; as expressive of his indignation, vexation, and disappointment:

and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemies; he had sent princes to him, one set of them after another, to invite him into his country, and to his court, with great promises of reward to curse Israel, whom he reckoned his enemies, and not to bless them:

and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times; done nothing else but bless them with blessing upon blessing, time after time; even everyone of the three times he opened his mouth, as Balak expected, to have cursed them.