Gen 33:16, Num 22:17-18, Judg 17:2, Mic 7:3, Mat 26:15, 1Ti 6:9-10 | TSK

Genesis 33:16

Numbers 22:17-18

I will promote.

24:11; De 16:9; Es 5:11; 7:9; Mt 4:8,9; 16:26

and I will do.

come.

curse me.An erroneous opinion prevailed, both in those days and in after ages, that some men had the power, by the help of their gods, to devote, not only particular persons, but cities and whole armies, to destruction. This they are said to have done sometimes by words of imprecation; of which there was a set form among some people, which Æschines calls [diorizomenen aran ,] "the determinate curse." Macrobius has a whole chapter on this subject. He gives us two of the ancient forms used in reference to the destruction of Carthage; the first, which was only pronounced by the dictator, or general, was to call over the protecting deities to their side, and the other to devote the city to destruction, which they were supposed to have abandoned. The Romans held, that no city would be taken till its tutelary god had forsaken it; or if it could be taken, it would be unlawful, as it would be sacrilege to lead the gods into captivity. Virgil intimates, that Troy was destroyed because {Excessere omnes adytis, arisque relictis dii, quibus imperium hoc steterat,} "All the gods, by whose assistance the empire had hitherto been preserved, forsook their altars and temples." See more on this subject in Dr. A. Clarke, Bp. Patrick, and Burder's Oriental Customs, No. 734.

If Balak.

24:13; Tit 1:16

I cannot.

23:26; 24:13; 1Ki 22:14; 2Ch 18:13; Da 5:17; Ac 8:20

Judges 17:2

about, etc.Houbigant renders this, "and for which you put me to my oath."

cursedst.

5:23; De 27:16; 1Sa 14:24,28; 26:19; Ne 13:25; Jer 48:10; Mt 26:74

Ro 9:3; 1Co 16:22

I took it.

Pr 28:24

Blessed.

Ge 14:19; 24:30,31; Ex 20:7; Ru 3:10; 1Sa 23:21; Ne 13:25; Ps 10:3

2Jo 1:11

Micah 7:3

do.

Pr 4:16,17; Jer 3:5; Eze 22:6

the prince.

3:11; Isa 1:23; Jer 8:10; Eze 22:27; Ho 4:18; Am 5:12; Mt 26:15

the great.

1Ki 21:9-14

his mischievous desire. Heb. the mischief of his soul. wrap.

Isa 26:21; Lu 12:1,2; 1Co 4:5

Matthew 26:15

What.

Ge 38:16; Jud 16:5; 17:10; 18:19,20; Isa 56:11; 1Ti 3:3; 6:9,10

2Pe 2:3,14,15

thirty.Probably shekels or staters, as some read, which, reckoning the shekels at 3s., with Prideaux, would amount to about 4£ 10s., the price for the meanest slave! (See Ex 21:32)

27:3-5; Ge 37:26-28; Zec 11:12,13; Ac 1:18