...wished,' at almost any expense, to secure his powerful aid in the form of a prophetic curse — saying, " I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest, is cursed ; come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people ; for they are too mighty for me ; peradventure...

...conquering course, thinks, that his aid would avail more than armaments. Therefore he calls him, saying, " I wot, that he, whom thou blessest, is blessed : and he, whom thou cursest, is cursed." Common repute thus made him more than man. But all his outward sanctity concealed a graceless heart....

...peradventui.e I shall prevail, thai we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land; for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. 7. And the elders of Moab, and the elders of Midian, departed with the rewards of divination in their...

...peradventure I shall prevail, [that] we may smite them, and [that] I may drive them out of the land : for I wot that he whom thou blessest [is] blessed : and he whom thou cursest is curs<.-d" (Num. xxii. 5,6). We are told, however, that Balaam, warned of God, fn-st said that he eoidd...

...The words of King Balak, the son of Zippor, place this strongly before us. " I wot," says the King, " that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed 1 1." Therefore we find that, as soon as the children of Israel approached the borders of the Moabites,...

...thee for ever ; for thou blessest, 0 Lord, and it shall be blessed for ever," (1 Chron. xvii. 27). ' I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed ' (Num. xxii. 6). ' The blessing of the Lord it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it : ' that...

...peradventure, I shall prevail, that we may smite them, that I may drive them out of the land. For, I wot, that he, whom thou blessest, is blessed ; and he, whom thou cursest, is cursed." It was common among heathen nations to invoke upon their foes the fury of the gods. Balaam's distinction...

...Peradventure I shall prevail that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land ; for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed ; and he whom thou cursest is cursed." Balaam, the diviner, waits upon God for direction. The word of God comes to him by night, " Thou shalt...

...peradveuture I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. " When Crassus was going to attack the Parthians, Ateius, one of the Tribunes, wishing to stop him,...

...: for they shall inherit the earth."—MATT. v. 3-5. " I KNOW," said the king of Moab to Balaam, " that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed." And how came it that Balaam's words involved issues so tre-mendous? Thus,—God had put a word in his mouth,...