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Jerome's Latin Vulgate

Josue 24:9

Surrexit autem Balac filius Sephor rex Moab, et pugnavit contra Israëlem. Misitque et vocavit Balaam filium Beor, ut malediceret vobis:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Balaam;   Balak;   Moabites;   Shechem;   Zippor;   Thompson Chain Reference - Balak;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Moabites;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Shechem;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Covenant;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Balak;   Shechem;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Balak;   Moab;   Pillars;   Shechem (1);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Confessions and Credos;   Covenant;   Ebal;   Joshua;   Joshua, the Book of;   Mission(s);   Shechem;   Temple of Jerusalem;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beor;   Shechem;   Zippor;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Balaam;   Balak, Balac ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Be'or;   Zip'por;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Balaam;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Balaam;   Balak;   Beor;   Zippor;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Balaam;   Shechem;   Zippor;  

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Mementote qu� fecerit Dominus Deus vester Mari� in via cum egrederemini de �gypto.
Nova Vulgata (1979)
Surrexit autem Balac filius Sephor rex Moab et pugnavit contra Israelem; misitque et vocavit Balaam filium Beor, ut malediceret vobis.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Numbers 22:5, Numbers 22:6-21, Deuteronomy 23:4, Deuteronomy 23:5, Judges 11:25, Micah 6:5

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:13 - and curse me Numbers 24:10 - I called Nehemiah 13:2 - hired Balaam Revelation 2:14 - Balaam

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then Balak the son of Zippor, the king of Moab, arose,.... Being alarmed with what Israel had done to the two kings of the Amorites, and by their near approach to the borders of his kingdom:

and warred against Israel; he fully designed it, and purpose is put for action, as Kimchi observes; he prepared for it, proclaimed war, and commenced it, though he did not come to a battle, he made use of stratagems and wiles, and magical arts, to hurt them, and sent for Balaam to curse them, that they both together might smite the Israelites, and drive them out of the land, Numbers 22:6; so his fighting is interpreted by the next clause:

and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you; by which means he hoped to prevail in battle, and get the victory over them; but not being able to bring this about, durst not engage in battle with them.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Joshua 24:9. Then Balak - arose and warred against Israel — This circumstance is not related in Numbers 22:1-41, nor does it appear in that history that the Moabites attacked the Israelites; and probably the warring here mentioned means no more than his attempts to destroy them by the curses of Balaam, and the wiles of the Midianitish women.


 
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