Numbers 24:19

And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, And shall destroy the remnant from the city.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

In Context

18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, [who were] his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly.

20And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing?

Psalms 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render tribute: The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

Micah 5:2But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.

Matthew 25:46And these shall go away into eternal punishment: but the righteous into eternal life.

Luke 19:12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

1 Corinthians 15:25For he must reign, till he hath put 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 →

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