Numbers 24:25

Numbers 24:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Balaam got up and returned home, and Balak went his own way.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Balaam rose and went back to his place. And Balak also went his way.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So Balaam rose and departed and returned to his place; Balak also went his way.

Context of Numbers 24:25

23Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it? 24Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.” Then Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way.

Numbers 24:25 word by word

וַיָּ֣קָם בִּלְעָ֔ם וַיֵּ֖לֶךְ וַיָּ֣שָׁב לִמְקֹמ֑וֹ וְגַם־בָּלָ֖ק הָלַ֥ךְ לְדַרְכּֽוֹ׃ פRead the interlinear

• Then Balaamבִּלְעָםbil‛âm · BalaamH1109
• aroseקוּםqûm · to arise: riseH6965
• and returnedהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• and returnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• to his homelandמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• and Balakבָּלָקbâlâq · BalakH1111
• alsoגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• on his wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: journeyH1870

Cross-references for Numbers 24:25

• Numbers 24:1And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not seek omens as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.
• Numbers 24:6They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.
• Numbers 33:49And there on the plains of Moab they camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth to Abel-shittim.
• Joshua 2:1Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.
• Joshua 3:1Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.
• Micah 6:5My people, remember what Balak king of Moab counseled and what Balaam son of Beor answered. Remember your journey from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may acknowledge the righteousness of the LORD.’”
• Numbers 31:15“Have you spared all the women?” he asked them.
• Ecclesiastes 7:26And I find more bitter than death the woman who is a snare, whose heart is a net, and whose hands are chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is ensnared.
• 1 Corinthians 10:8We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

Commentaries on Numbers 24:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25And Balaam - returned to his place - Intended to have gone to Mesopotamia, his native country, (see Deuteronomy 23:4;), but seems to have settled among the Midianites, where he was slain by the Israelites; see Numbers 31:8. Though the notes in the preceding chapters have been extended to a considerable length, yet a few additional remarks may be necessary: the reader's attention is earnestly requested to the following propositions: - It appears…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Returned to his own place - i. e., among the Midianites to plot by new means against the people of God, and to perish in his sin Numbers 31:8, Numbers 31:16; Revelation 2:14.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-25Verses 15-25 Under the powerful influence of the Spirit of prophecy, Balaam foretold the future prosperity and extensive dominion of Israel. Balaam boasts that his eyes are open. The prophets were in old times called seers. He had heard the words of God, which many do who neither heed them, nor hear God in them. He knew the knowledge of the Most High. A man may be full of the knowledge of God, yet utterly destitute of the grace of God. He calls God the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25Balaam did not yet go back to Pethor (31:8).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. Balaam rose up, and went ... to his place--Mesopotamia, to which, however, he did not return. (See on Nu 31:8).Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Balaam
• Advertise
• Coast
• Rise
• Tabernacle
• Abel-Shittim
• Balak
• Charm
• Divination
• Genealogy

Commentaries on Numbers 24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings