Numbers 23:9
For from the top of the mountains I shall see him, 1 And from the hills I shall observe him: 1 Behold, the people shall dwell alone, 1 And shall not be reckoned among the nations. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
8How can I curse whom the Lord curses not? 1 Or how can I devote whom God devotes not? 1
Cross References
Exodus 19:5And now if ye will indeed hear my voice, and keep my covenant, ye shall be to me a peculiar people above all nations; for the whole earth is mine.
Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High divided the nations, 1 When he separated the sons of Adam, 1 He set the bounds of the nations 1 According to the number of the angels of God. 1
Ezra 9:2For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and their sons; and the holy seed has passed among the nations of the lands, and the hand of the rulers has been first in this transgression.
Micah 7:14Tend thy people with thy rod, the sheep of thine inheritance, those that inhabit by themselves the thicket in the midst of Carmel: they shall feed in the land of Bashan, and in the land of Gilead, as in the days of old.
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 →