156 ()t the Kenites,SZc. N u M BERS XX IV. of the nations; but his latter end foal be, that heperifh for ever. 2 i And he looked on the Kenite , and tooke up his parabletand laid, Strong is thy dwel- lingplace, and thou puttefl thy nefl in a rock. 22 Nevertheleffe,Kain (hallbe wafted,untill Afhur (hall carry thee away captive. 23 And hee Cooke up his parable, and Paid, Alas , who !hall live when God doth this 24 And (hips (fall come) from the coafls of Kitim,and (hall a1 li& Afhur, and (hall affli t Heber, and he alto (hall perifh for ever. 25 And Balaam role up; and went and retur- ned to his place; and Balak alfo went to his way. t. notations. HE went not at at other times] or, not at this time, at the time before, (which the Greeke tranf- latet h , according tohis cur owe,) to meet with inehant- menu. This fheweth , that all his former altars, and facrifices , and confultations with the Lord, were by that wicked art of inchantment, or ob- ferving of fortunes, fuch as the Prophets and di- viners of the nations ufed,Deut. t 8.1 0.14. Which thing he now left, as teeing it not availaable for his purpofe ; but that his evill heart was not changed,appeareth by his going with the King to meuptPeor, to fee if from thence he might curie Ifrael,by his commanding of altars and facrifices as before,Nrimb.23.27, - -30. and by his pellilent counfell which he gave theking after this,for the deftruaionof Gods people, Numb.3 t .16.Rev.2 . 14. fit hie face toward the wilderàeff ]where Ifrael layencamping that he might as it were prevent God, and fuddenly utter a curie againft his peo- ple. The Chaldee paraphrafeth, he fit his face towards the Calfe that Ifrael had made in the wilder - neli, (Exód.32.) as if, looking upon their ftnnes, he thought for them he might have curled Ifrael: and fo in Targum Ierufalemy it is explained, He fit his fa ctowardthe wilderneffe, and remembredcon- terning them the work oofthe Calfe,and wouldhave curled Ifrael. Vert. z. abiding in tents] or, dwelling;which the 2 Greeketranflateth,camping , or having their armie, or kaguer.The order wherein God had placed the armies of Ifrael about his fanauary,Nam.2. they alwaies kept when they pitched in the wilder - neffe: thefigA,'whereof aftonilhed the enemie , fo that he coutrl7tÔt curie them as hee defired, but bleffed them'tbe third time. the Spirit of God was upon him] that is, as the Chaldee explaineth it , the licit of propbefte from before the Lord ref ed upon him: and as Sol. Iarchi here noteth , it came into his heart that bo fhould not curfe them. Thelike phrafe was before in Numb. II. verf. 26. the Spirit yelled upon them , and they prophefied: and againe in verf. 29. would God that all the Lards people were prophets, and float the Lord mould put hit Spirit upon them. This was Gods powerfull worke, changing Sa- laams heart when he intended evill;as when Saul and his meffengers went with an evill purpofe to have taken David in Naioth, the Spirit of God was upon then;, and they alfe propbefted, r Sam. 19.19,2o, - -23. And when wicked men , being thus over - ruled,uttered divine oracles,as now Salaamdid, they fpake not ofthemfelves, as it is Paid of the holy Prophets, For prophefie came not at any time by the will afman ; but holy men of God lfake, being moved (or carried) by the holy Ghaff, z Pet.! .21 . Vert. 3. be Cooke up his parable] that is, prophe- fled ; fee Numb. 23.7. offondly faith] or afftr- meth averretlo : a word appropriate to the oracle ofGod, which isa fait/All Piing 1 Lim.', 15. See the Annotations Ott Gen.22.16. Here Balaam beginneth his third biding with a folemne re- face, avouching the truth& conftancie ofit front God;againttwhofe will themore he flrugleth,the ftronger he is refitted. the man whole ye is open] which the Chaldeeexpoundeth , the man that is faire righted, that Teeth well; the Greeke tranfla- teth , the true man : hee feemeth hereby tolgnifie that he was a Prophet,who Mold time was called a Seer , 1 Sam. 9.9. Shethoem the originali word, ufed onlyhere,and in yens 5.is of contrary liggni- fication to Sethum,that is,clofd, or flout up:howbeit tome take it to be of the fame meaning, which may then be explained thus,rhe man whohad his eye flout, but now open. And eje is put for ees, un- derlianding the eyes of his minde opened by the fpirit of prophefie:though tome of the Hcbrewes (as Iarchi here obterveth) have from hence con - je&ured,that Balaamwas blinde of one eye. Verle 4. the oracles of God] or, the fayings of God, as the Chaldee faith , the wordfrom before God: but theGreeke tranflateth Prong oracles , lacuna God (in Hebrew El) is fo named of being firms or mightie. vifonoftbeAlmightie]or,oftbe Alfuffident, that is,as the Greeke tranflateth,ofGod. falling] underftand,into a trance,or deep fleepe,orfalling on my face to the ground: for even the holy men of God,when they taw divine vitions,ufed to fall downe on their faces, and into deep (leepes, as dead men. So a deepe feepe (or trance) fit/upon Abraham, Gen. t 5.12. and Daniel was afraid, and fell on his face, and ma in a diepe f/eepe on his face toward the ground, Dan.8.17,18. and Iohn fellat hit feet at dead , Rev.'.t7. and Ezekiel fell on his face, Euk 1. z8. and 3.23. and 43.3. and 44.4. Likewilewhen the fpirit of prophetic came upon men , they are Paid to fall, or lye downe, as did Saul, a Sam.t 9.24. And in this place of Balaam, the Chaldee trantlateth it, lying downe;the Greeke, inaßeepe; fo after, in verf. s6. eyes uncovered] or,,envailed,to wit ,to fee the vition,as the Chaldee faith, and it was revealedunto him. Verfe 5. How goodly] or, bowgood! which word implieth profit, pleafüre,beauty,joy,delight, &c. See the Notes on Gen.1.4. thy tents]inGreek,thy ;mules, or dwellings; but tents are a moveable habi- tation, fitting the people pf God in this world, Hebr. t 1.9. and a warlike life, Ier.6.3. Afterward the Church is called the tents ofltls,ob, Mal. 2.12. and 3 4 5
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