THEOSISJerome of Stridon
The adversary represents this genuine Balak, intent on consuming and destroying our community through false accusations, as Balak denotes the one who erases the erasure of countenance.
Numbers 22:2Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Balac the son of Sephor, seeing all that Israel had done to the Amorrhite,
וַיַּ֥רְא בָּלָ֖ק בֶּן־צִפּ֑וֹר אֵ֛ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֥ה יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לָֽאֱמֹרִֽי׃
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Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Judg 11:25Unless, perhaps, thou art better than Balac, the son of Sephor, king of Moab: or canst shew that he strove against Israel, and fought against him,
- Num 21:20From Bamoth, is a valley in the country of Moab, to the top of Phasga, which looked towards the desert.
- Num 21:35So they slew him also with his sons, and all his people, not letting any one escape, and they possessed his land.
- Num 21:3And the Lord heard the prayers of Israel, and delivered up the Chanaanite, and they cut them off and destroyed their cities: and they called the name of that place Horma, that is to say, Anathema.