Numbers 23:10
Who can count Jacob's descendants? They are so many they're like dust! Who can count even a quarter of the Israelites? I would like to die as a good person dies! Let the end of my life be like their end!”
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Genesis 13:16You will have so many descendants that they'll be like the dust of the earth. If anyone could count dust then they could count the number of your descendants!
Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth, and will spread out west and east, and north and south. Everyone on earth will be blessed by your descendants.
Numbers 2:16So the total number of men in the area of the camp of Reuben is 151,450. They shall march out in second place.
Numbers 2:31So the total number of men in the area of the camp of Dan is 157,600;. They shall march out last, with their flags.”
Psalms 37:37Observe the innocent, look at those who do right! Those who love peace have a future!
Proverbs 14:32Wicked people are brought down by their own evil actions, but those who live right are confident even in death.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:2-13
Balaam Constrained to Bless Israel; The Blessing Pronounced on Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. 2 And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the Lord will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. 4 And God met Balaam: and he… Read the whole commentary →