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**as** = according to what.
**offered** = offered up. Hebrew. *'alah.* See App-43 .

**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* See App-4 .
**meet:** in a neutral sense. Hebrew. *kar'a.*
**he went.** Hebrew he went solitary. Compare [Numbers 24:1](../../../kjv/numbers/24/1) .

**God.** Hebrew. *'Elohim.* See App-4 .
**met:** in a hostile sense. Hebrew. *karah.*

**put a word.** This is inspiration.
**said.** See note on [Numbers 3:40](../../../kjv/numbers/3/40) .

**lo.** Figure of speech *Asterismos* ( App-6 ).

**curse.** Hebrew. *'arar.* See notes on [Numbers 22:6](../../../kjv/numbers/22/6) ; [Numbers 22:11](../../../kjv/numbers/22/11) .

**How . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .
**curse** = revile. Hebrew. *nakab.*
**GOD** = Hebrew. *'El* = the mighty God. See App-4 .
**cursed.** Hebrew. *kabab* = to pierce with words.
**defy . . . defied.** Hebrew. *za'am =* to be enraged with.

**not be reckoned.** Therefore cannot be in the judgment of [Matthew 25](../../../kjv/matthew/25) , or confused with "the Gentiles, or with the church of God". [1 Corinthians 10:32](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/10/32) .

**Who can count. ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .
**the number of** = Who can number? Figure of speech *Erotesis* ( App-6 ). So with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint. The word "number" is thought by Ginsburg to be an abbreviation of two words = "Who can number? "
**me die** = my soul die. Hebrew. *nephesh.* See App-13 .
**righteous** = upright. To die the death of the righteous one must have the righteousness of the righteous.
**last end** = latter end, i e. issue or reward.

**curse.** Hebrew. *kabab.* See note on [Numbers 22:11](../../../kjv/numbers/22/11) .

**burnt offering.** Some codices, one early printed edition, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac, read "offerings" ( *plural* ).

**Hath He said.** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .

**He hath blessed.** Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint read "I will bless".

**iniquity.** Hebrew. *'avon,* trespass. App-44 .
**perverseness.** Hebrew. *'amal.* App-44 .

**strength** = heights or heaps of. Hebrew. *to'apoth.* Only here, [Numbers 24:8](../../../kjv/numbers/24/8) , [Job 22:25](../../../kjv/job/22/25) (plenty), and [Psalms 95:4](../../../kjv/psalms/95/4) (= heights).
**unicorn.** This word is from the Septuagint. The Hebrew is *ree* m. Supposed to be the rhinoceros, buffalo, or antelope: always rendered "unicorn" in Authorized Version.

**Jeshimon.** See note on [Numbers 21:20](../../../kjv/numbers/21/20) .

**offered** = offered up. Hebrew. *'alah.* App-43 .

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