Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
took up his parable—that is, spoke under the influence of inspiration, and in the highly poetical, figurative, and oracular style of a prophet.
brought me from Aram—This word joined with "the mountains of the East," denotes the upper portion of Mesopotamia, lying on the east of Moab. The East enjoyed an infamous notoriety for magicians and soothsayers (Isaiah 2:6).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Numbers 23:7:
Isaiah 13:1
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