Numbers 24:19
A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”
Majority 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 →