He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
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Gill's Exposition
He hath said, which heard the words of God,.... God speaking to him, which he did several times, and with which he was greatly elated, see Num 22:9,
which saw the vision of the Almighty; not that he…
Barnes' Notes
The “falling” of which Balaam speaks was the condition under which the inward opening of his eyes took place. It indicates the force of the divine inspiration overpowering the seer. The faithful…
The blessing itself which Balaam here pronounces upon Israel is much the same with the two we had in the foregoing chapter; but the introduction to it is different.
I. The method of proceeding here…
Cambridge Bible
The parallelism of these opening words with those in Num 24:15-16 suggests that the line -And knoweth the knowledge of the Most High" has fallen out of the present passage.
the Almighty Heb. Shaddai.…
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