Numbers 23:24
See, the people shall rise up as a lioness, 1 and lift up himself as an ari; 1 he shall not lie down until he devours the prey, 1 and drinks the dahm of the slain.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor at all make a brocha on them.
Cross References
Genesis 49:27Binyamin — a ze'ev (wolf) which tears in pieces; 1 in the boker he shall devour the prey, 1 and at erev he shall divide the plunder.
Numbers 24:9He crouched, he lay down as an ari, 1 and as the lioness; who shall stir him up? 1 Mevarakhecha is he that makes a barucha on thee, 1 and cursed is he that curseth thee.
Deuteronomy 33:20And of Gad he said, 1 Baruch be he that enlargeth Gad; 1 he dwelleth as a lion, 1 and teareth the zero'a as well as the crown of the head. 1
2 Chronicles 9:18And there were six steps to the kisse, with a kevesh (ramp) of zahav, which was attached to the kisse, and arms on each side of the seat, and two aroyot (lions) standing by the armrests;
Proverbs 30:30A lion which is gibbor among behemah (beasts), 1 and retreateth not from any; 1
Daniel 2:44And in the days of these melachim shall the G-d of Shomayim set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these mamlechot (kingdoms), and it shall stand for ever. + 2:44 Lk 1:32-33
Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:14-30
Balaam Again Blesses Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam,… Read the whole commentary →