Numbers 24:19

And one shall arise out of Jacob, 1 And destroy out of the city him that escapes.

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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 an inheritance, 1 And Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance of Israel, 1 And Israel wrought valiantly. 1

20And having seen Amalek, he took up his parable and said, 1 Amalek is the first of the nations; 1 Yet his seed shall perish.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Wherefore did the heathen rage, 1 And the nations imagine vain things? 1

Psalms 72:10Therefore shall my people return hither: 1 And full days shall be found with them. 1

Micah 5:2Therefore shall he appoint them to wait till the time of her that travails: she shall bring forth, and then the remnant of their brethren shall return to the children of Israel.

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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