Numbers 24:19
From Jacob will be he who shall be ruler. And he shall perish the remnants of the city.”
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Psalms 2:1Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
Psalms 72:10Therefore, my people will be converted here, and fullness of days will be found in them.
Micah 5:2And you, Bethlehem Ephrata, are a little one among the thousands of Judah. From you will go forth he who shall be the ruler in Israel, and his landing place has been set from the beginning, from the days of eternity.
Matthew 25:46And these shall go into eternal punishment, but the just shall go into eternal life.”
Luke 19:12Therefore, he said: “A certain man of nobility traveled to a far away region, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
1 Corinthians 15:25For it is necessary for him to reign, until he has set all his enemies under his feet.
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 →