to walk (in a great variety of applications · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
people
לְעַמִּ֑יle.'a.Mi
H5971
a people (as a congregated unit) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
come
יָלַךְyâlak
H3212
to walk (literally or figuratively)
advertise
אִיעָ֣צְךָ֔'i.'A.tze.kha
H3289
to advise · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
people
הָעָ֥םha.'Am
H5971
a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
do
יַעֲשֶׂ֜הya.'a.Seh
H6213
to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
people
לְעַמְּךָ֖le.'a.me.Kha
H5971
a people (as a congregated unit) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
latter
בְּאַחֲרִ֥יתbe.'a.cha.Rit
H319
the last or end · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
days
הַיָּמִֽיםhai.ya.Mim
H3117
a day (as the warm hours) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Cross-references
Micah 6:5 O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye…
Genesis 49:1 And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Revelation 2:14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblo…
Daniel 2:28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream…
2 Timothy 3:1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
Numbers 24:17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel…
Numbers 31:7-18 And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males.
Isaiah 24:22 And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall the…
Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Numbers 24:10-14
We have here the conclusion of this vain attempt to curse Israel, and the total abandonment of it. 1. Balak made the worst of it. He broke out into a rage against Balaam (Num 24:10), expressed both in words and gesture the highest degree of vexation at the disappointment; he smote his hands together, for indignation, to see all his measures thus broken, and his project baffled. He charged Balaam with putting upon him the basest affront and cheat imaginable: "I called thee to curse my enemies, and thou hast shown thyself in league with them, and in their interests, for thou hast blessed them these three times, though, by appointing the altars to be built and sacrifices to be offered, thou mad…
Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together--The "smiting of the hands together" is, among Oriental people, an indication of the most violent rage (see Eze 21:17; Eze 22:13) and ignominious dismissal.
John Gill on Numbers 24:14
And now, behold, I go unto my people,.... According to thine order, I shall not stay to make thee uneasy with my company, only I crave thy patience to hear me a little before we part:
come therefore, and I will advertise thee; about some things that shall come to pass in future time, respecting this people, and thine, and other nations, both near and remote; and he hoped by this to bring him into a better temper, and part good friends: or "I will counsel thee"; what thou shall do, as the Targum of Onkelos, and so makes a sentence of this of itself, independent of, and distinct from what follows, beginning the next clause thus:
and I will show them what this people, &c. referring the former…
And now, behold, I go unto my people. Since the counsel which he gave is not here expressly mentioned, [174] it is the opinion of some that his address is unfinished, and they suppose that he referred to the cunning advice so destructive to the people, which will be presently related; i.e., that the Moabitish women should prostitute themselves. Others rather imagine that Balaam counselled Balak to rest quiet, since the prosperity of the Israelites would do no harm to the Moabites in his lifetime. I, however, take it simply for to teach, or to admonish what would be for his advantage. Thus he commends his prophecy, in order that Balaam may willingly submit to it. Still, when he speaks of the…
The Church Fathers
But the prophecy also, nonetheless, which he joins to it in what follows concerning Christ, saying: "A star shall arise out of Jacob, and a man shall rise up out of Israel, and he shall lay waste the princes of Moab," would seem fittingly placed if it had been written: "Come, and I prophesy to you." But now what shall we say to this, that it is written: "Come, I give you counsel, what this people shall do to your people"? Let us therefore inquire how it ought to be understood, this that is written: "I give you counsel," concerning which, often inquiring within myself, I could find no outcome for the meaning, if we suppose that this which he says, "I give you counsel," is said in the common and ordinary way. But I saw that this rather is fitting, that what he says, "I give you counsel," is to be understood as though he had said: The divine counsel, which is to be fulfilled in the last days, now revealed to me I open and make manifest to you, that you may know what this people shall do to your people. And in this way it seemed to me able to stand, this that he says: "I give you counsel, what this people is about to do to your people," that is: I announce and make manifest to you the counsel of God. Indeed, as I inquired whether perhaps somewhere in the divine Scriptures some similar saying under this expression might occur, it seemed that this also was similarly to be noted, which the Apostle says: "For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor?" For here "who" is taken not for "no one," but for "rare" or "exceptional." For how did his Only-begotten not know the mind of God, who says: "No one knows the Father except the Son, and he to whom the Son shall will to reveal him"? What else, then, is it to know the Father, except to know both his counsel and his mind? But also the Holy Spirit, who searches even the deep things of God, what does he do but recognize his mind? Therefore both the Son and the Holy Spirit recognize the mind of the Lord, and those to whom the Son shall will to reveal it. But if the Son recognizes the mind of God, then he is also his counselor. But "counselor" is not to be taken as though the Son or the Holy Spirit gives counsel to him as to one ignorant of what he is doing; but in that the Son and the Holy Spirit are partakers of, and knowing in, his counsel and will. In a similar way, then, Balaam too, because he…
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Dictionary and topics
Prophecy · Is the foretelling of future events — Is the foretelling of future events
Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).
But Balaam reminds him, on the other hand, of the declaration which he made to the messengers at the very outset (Num 22:18), that he could not on any account speak in opposition to the command of Jehovah, and then adds, "And now, behold, I go to my people. Come, I will tell thee advisedly what this people will do to thy people at the end of the days." יעץ, to advise; here it denotes an announcement, which includes advice. The announcement of what Israel would do to the Moabites in the future, contains the advice to Balak, what attitude he should assume towards Israel, if this people was to bring a blessing upon his own people and not a curse. On "the end of the days," see at Gen 49:1.
Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 24:14
let me tell you what the Israelites will do to your people in the future: Since Balak sought to curse Israel, he and his people would be cursed (24:9). The damage that Balak hoped to inflict on Israel would fall on Moab.
Rashi on Numbers 24:14
הולך לעמי [AND NOW, BEHOLD, I] GO TO MY PEOPLE — “From now on, behold, I am like the rest of my people”. He said this because he knew that the Holy One, blessed be He, had departed from him.
לך איעצך COME AND I WILL COUNSEL THEE what you have to do. And what is the counsel? The God of these people hates unchastity, therefore tempt them to sin by means of thy women-folk, as is related in the chapter חלק (Sanhedrin 106a) — You can know that it was Balaam who gave this counsel, to make them fall by the sin of unchastity, for it is stated, of the women of Midian (Numbers 31:16), “Behold, these were an enticement to the children of Israel through the word of Balaam”.
אשר יעשה העם הזה לעמך WHAT…
