Num 22:28, Deu 25:4, Psa 36:6, 145:9, 147:9, Jon 4:11 | TSK | STEP | the Lord opened.And where is the wonder of all this? If the ass had opened her own mouth, and reproved the rash prophet, we might well be astonished; but when God opens the mouth, an ass can speak as well as a man. It is to no purpose to speak of the construction of the ass's mouth, of the formation of the tongue and jaws being unfit for speaking; for an adequate cause is assigned for this wonderful effect, "The Lord opened the mouth of the ass"; and no one who believes in a God, can doubt of his power to do this and much more. What have I.

Numbers 22:28

the Lord opened.And where is the wonder of all this? If the ass had opened her own mouth, and reproved the rash prophet, we might well be astonished; but when God opens the mouth, an ass can speak as well as a man. It is to no purpose to speak of the construction of the ass's mouth, of the formation of the tongue and jaws being unfit for speaking; for an adequate cause is assigned for this wonderful effect, "The Lord opened the mouth of the ass"; and no one who believes in a God, can doubt of his power to do this and much more.

Ex 4:11; Lu 1:37; 1Co 1:19; 2Pe 2:16

What have I.

Ro 8:22

Deuteronomy 25:4

shalt not.In Judea, as well as in Egypt, Greece, and Italy, they made use of beeves to tread out the corn; and the same mode of threshing still obtains in Arabia, Barbary, and other eastern countries, to the present day. The sheaves lie open and expanded on the threshing floors, and the cattle continually move round them, and thus tread out the grain. The natives of Aleppo still religiously observe the ancient humane practice, inculcated by this law, of permitting the oxen to remain unmuzzled when treading out the corn.

muzzle.

Pr 12:10; 1Co 9:9,10; 1Ti 5:17,18

treadeth out. Heb. thresheth.

Isa 28:27; Ho 10:11

Psalms 36:6

righteousness.

71:19; 97:2; 145:17; Ge 18:25; De 32:4; Isa 45:19,21-24; Ro 3:25

great mountains. Heb. mountains of God.

Ex 9:28; 1Sa 14:15; *margins

judgments.

77:19; 92:5; Job 11:7-9; 37:23; Isa 40:28; Jer 12:1; Mt 11:25,26

Ro 11:33

thou.

104:14-35; 145:9; 147:9; Job 7:20; Jon 4:11; Mt 10:29,30; 1Ti 4:10

Psalms 145:9

good.

25:8; 36:6,7; 65:9-13; 104:27; Jon 4:11; Na 1:7; Mt 5:45; Ac 14:17

Ac 17:25

Psalms 147:9

104:27,28; 136:25; 145:15,16; Job 38:41; Mt 6:26; Lu 12:24

Jonah 4:11

should.

1; Isa 1:18; Mt 18:33; Lu 15:28-32

Nineveh.

1:2; 3:2,3

sixscore.It is generally calculated that the young children of any place are a fifth of the inhabitants, and consequently the whole population of Nineveh would amount to about 600,000; which is very inferior to that of London and Paris, though they occupy not one quarter of the ground. In eastern cities there are large vacant spaces for gardens and pasturages, so that there might be very "much cattle."

that cannot.

De 1:39

and also.

Ps 36:6; 104:14,27,28; 145:8,9,15,16