Numbers 24:19
A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
18Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.
Cross References
Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
Psalms 72:10May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel — One whose origins are of old, from the days of eternity.
Matthew 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
Luke 19:12So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.
1 Corinthians 15:25For He must reign until He has 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 →