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Num 23:18-19 And he took up his parable, and said ... God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Jamieson, Faussett and Brown Commentary on the Bible on Num 23:18-19
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Rise up  As Balak was already standing (Num_23:17), this expression is
equivalent to “now attend to me.†The counsels and promises of God respecting Israel are unchangeable; and no attempt to prevail on Him to reverse them will succeed, as they may with a man.
From Bullingers Commentary on the Bible
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A "Figure of speech" relates to the form in which the words are used. It consists in the fact that a word or words are used out of their ordinary sense, or place, or manner, for the purpose of attracting our attention to what is thus said. A Figure of speech is a designed and legitimate departure from the laws of language, in order to emphasise what is said. Hence in such Figures we have the Holy Spirit's own marking, so to speak, of His own words. This peculiar form or unusual manner may not be true, or so true, to the literal meaning of the words; but it is more true to their real sense, and truer to the truth. Figures are never used but for the sake of emphasis. They can never, therefore, be ignored. Ignorance of Figures of speech has led to the grossest errors, which have been caused either from taking literally what is figurative, or from taking figuratively what is literal.
Er'-o-te-sis; or, Interrogating (Genesis 13:9. Psalm 35:10).
The asking of questions, not for information, or for an answer. Such questions may be asked
(1) in positive affirmation, (2) in negative affirmation, (3) in afffirmative negation, (4) in demonstration, (5) in wonder and admiration, (6) in rapture, (7) in wishes, (8) in refusals and denials, (9) in doubts, (10) in admonition, (11), in expostulation, (12) in prohibition or dissuasion, (13) in pity and commiseration, (14) in disparagement, (15) in reproaches, (16) in lamentation, (17) in indignation, (18) in absurdities and impossibilities, (19) double questions.
Without knowing the context of the text (which spans several chapters), a christian (would have a hard time), let alone someone such as Quath, COULD NOT POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND THIS, let alone draw immediate conclusions. Seeing as this occurs more than once in the Bible, each and every individual case would have to be ascertained. And since the word of God is read as a whole, well you get the drift!
Jamieson, Faussett and Brown Commentary on the Bible on Num 23:18-19
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Rise up  As Balak was already standing (Num_23:17), this expression is
equivalent to “now attend to me.†The counsels and promises of God respecting Israel are unchangeable; and no attempt to prevail on Him to reverse them will succeed, as they may with a man.
From Bullingers Commentary on the Bible
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A "Figure of speech" relates to the form in which the words are used. It consists in the fact that a word or words are used out of their ordinary sense, or place, or manner, for the purpose of attracting our attention to what is thus said. A Figure of speech is a designed and legitimate departure from the laws of language, in order to emphasise what is said. Hence in such Figures we have the Holy Spirit's own marking, so to speak, of His own words. This peculiar form or unusual manner may not be true, or so true, to the literal meaning of the words; but it is more true to their real sense, and truer to the truth. Figures are never used but for the sake of emphasis. They can never, therefore, be ignored. Ignorance of Figures of speech has led to the grossest errors, which have been caused either from taking literally what is figurative, or from taking figuratively what is literal.
Er'-o-te-sis; or, Interrogating (Genesis 13:9. Psalm 35:10).
The asking of questions, not for information, or for an answer. Such questions may be asked
(1) in positive affirmation, (2) in negative affirmation, (3) in afffirmative negation, (4) in demonstration, (5) in wonder and admiration, (6) in rapture, (7) in wishes, (8) in refusals and denials, (9) in doubts, (10) in admonition, (11), in expostulation, (12) in prohibition or dissuasion, (13) in pity and commiseration, (14) in disparagement, (15) in reproaches, (16) in lamentation, (17) in indignation, (18) in absurdities and impossibilities, (19) double questions.
Without knowing the context of the text (which spans several chapters), a christian (would have a hard time), let alone someone such as Quath, COULD NOT POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND THIS, let alone draw immediate conclusions. Seeing as this occurs more than once in the Bible, each and every individual case would have to be ascertained. And since the word of God is read as a whole, well you get the drift!