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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 Peter 2:15 - 2:15
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have - Some of the seducers are spoken of as already come, others as yet to come.
following - out: so the Greek.
the way - (Num 22:23, Num 22:32; Isa 56:11).
son of Bosor - the same as Beor (Num 22:5). This word was adopted, perhaps, because the kindred word Basar means flesh; and Balaam is justly termed son of carnality, as covetous, and the enticer of Israel to lust.
loved the wages of unrighteousness - and therefore wished (in order to gain them from Balak) to curse Israel whom God had blessed, and at last gave the hellish counsel that the only way to bring God’s curse on Israel was to entice them to fleshly lust and idolatry, which often go together.