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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 23:17

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, etc.] As before; (<042306>Numbers 23:6) and the princes of Moab with him; Jarchi observes, that before it is said, all the princes of Moab, but not so here; for when they saw there was no hope of succeeding, some of them went away, and only some were left: and Balak said unto him, what hath the Lord spoken? being in haste to know what it was, whether agreeable or not.
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