"Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes; and the Spirit of God came on him."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And Balaam lifted up his eyes,.... Being on Mount Peor: and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; in that exact order in which they were
directed to encamp under four standards, and so many tribes under each standard, Num 2:1 . and the Spirit of God came upon him; not in his grace but in his gifts; not as a spirit of sanctification, but as a spirit of prophecy, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan paraphrase it; and so sometimes the Spirit of God in this sense has come upon wicked men, as on Caiaphas and others, Joh 11:51 .
Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
And Balaam lifted up his eyes,.... Being on Mount Peor: and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; in that exact order in which they were
directed to encamp under four standards, and so many tribes under each standard, Num 2:1 . and the Spirit of God came upon him; not in his grace but in his gifts; not as a spirit of sanctification, but as a spirit of prophecy, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan paraphrase it; and so sometimes the Spirit of God in this sense has come upon wicked men, as on Caiaphas and others, Joh 11:51 .