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He has not saw iniquity in Jacob; Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel: Yahweh his God is with him, The shout of a king is among them.
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God's Gracious Gaze
Commentators agree that Israel was not literally sinless. When Balaam says God "hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob," it means God, in His covenantal grace, chose not to count their sins against them for condemnation. As John Calvin explains, this praise comes "from the mere good pleasure of God," not their own merit. It highlights God's choice to see His people through the lens of His redemptive plan and divine adoption.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
“Iniquity” and “perverseness” are found together again in the Hebrew of Psalms 10:7; Psalms 90:10, and elsewhere; and signify wickedness…
19th Century
Anglican
He hath not beheld iniquity ... — The same combination of the words aven (iniquity, or injustice) and amal…
16th Century
Protestant
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob. Some understand by און, aven, and עמל, gnamal, idols,161 which bring no…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seenperverseness in IsraelNot tha…
Balak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A …