Numbers 24:18
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, [who were] his enemies, while Israel does valiantly.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
19And out of Jacob shall come he who shall have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.
Cross References
Genesis 27:29Let peoples serve thee, and nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brothers, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be he who curses thee, and blessed be he who blesses thee.
Genesis 32:3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
1 Kings 11:14And LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite. He was of the king's seed in Edom.
Psalms 60:1O God thou have cast us off. Thou have broken us down. Thou have been angry. O restore us again.
Isaiah 34:5For my sword has drunk its fill in heaven. Behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
Amos 9:12that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations that are called by my name, says LORD who does this.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 24:16-25
Balaam's Prophecy. ( b. c. 1452.) 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and… Read the whole commentary →