Numbers 24:19

And [One] rules out of Jacob, || And has destroyed a remnant from the city.”

Literal 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 has been a possession, || And Seir has been a possession [for] his enemies, || And Israel is doing valiantly;

20And he sees Amalek, and takes up his allegory, and says: “Amalek [is] first [among] nations, || But his latter end—destruction forever.”

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Why have nations assembled tumultuously? And peoples meditate vanity?

Psalms 72:10Kings of Tarshish and of the islands send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba bring a reward near.

Micah 5:2“And you, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, || Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From you He comes forth to Me—to be ruler in Israel, || And His comings forth [are] of old, || From the days of antiquity.”

Matthew 25:46And these will go away into continuous punishment, but the righteous into continuous life.”

Luke 19:12He therefore said, “A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,

1 Corinthians 15:25For it is necessary for Him to reign until He may have put all the 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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