Numbers 23:9

For from the top of the rocks I see him, 1 and from the heights I behold him; see, 1 the people shall live apart, 1 and shall not be reckoned among the Goyim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

In Context

8How shall I curse, 1 whom El hath not cursed? 1 Or how shall I denounce, 1 whom Hashem hath not denounced? 1

10Who can count the dust of Ya'akov, 1 and the number of the fourth part of Yisroel? 1 Let my nefesh die the death of the yesharim (righteous ones), 1 and let my latter end be like his!

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Cross References

Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey My voice very carefully, and be shomer over My brit, then ye shall be a segullah (treasured possession) unto Me above all people; for kol ha'aretz is Mine;

Deuteronomy 32:8When HaElyon divided to the Goyim their nachalah, 1 when He separated the Bnei Adam, 1 He set the gevulot (borders) of the people 1 according to the number of the Bnei Yisroel. 1

Ezra 9:2For they have taken of their banot for themselves, and for their banim, so that the zera hakodesh have mingled themselves with the Am HaAretz; yea, the yad of the sarim (princes) and officials hath been chief in this trespass.

Jeremiah 46:28Fear thou not, O Ya'akov Avdi, saith Hashem; 1 for I am with thee; 1 for I will make a full end of kol HaGoyim 1 where I have scattered thee; 1 but I will not make a full end of thee, 1 but correct thee with mishpat (justice); 1 yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

Micah 7:14Tend as a shepherd Thy people with Thy staff, 1 the tzon of Thine nachalah, 1 which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel; 1 let them feed in Bashan and Gil'ad, 1 as in days of old. 1

2 Corinthians 6:17Therefore, SURU (Depart!), come out from the midst of them and be separated, says Adoneinu, and a TAMEH AL TIGAU + 6:17 Isa 52:11 (unclean thing do not touch); ERTZEH ETCHEM (and I will receive you), + 6:17 Ezek 20:34,41; Rv 18:4

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 →

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