Numbers 24:8

El brought him forth out of Mitzrayim. 1 He hath the strength of a wild bull. 1 He shall devour the Goyim his enemies 1 and break their atzmot, 1 and pierce them through with his khitzim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

In Context

7He shall pour the + 24:7 rainfall mayim out of his buckets, 1 and his zera shall have mayim rabbim, 1 and his Melech shall be more exalted than Agag, 1 and Malchuso (His Kingdom) shall be upraised. 1

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.

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Cross References

Exodus 23:22But if thou shalt indeed obey his [bat] kol, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.

Numbers 21:5And the people spoke against Elohim, and against Moshe, Why have ye brought us up out of Mitzrayim to die in the midbar? For there is no lechem, neither is there any mayim; and our nefesh loatheth this wretched lechem.

Numbers 23:24See, 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.

Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them; 1 I will spend Mine khitzim (arrows) upon them. 1

Psalms 2:9Thou shalt rule them with a shevet barzel; 1 thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potterʼs vessel. 1

Psalms 45:5And in Thy hadar (majesty) ride forth victoriously 1 for the sake of emes and anavah and tzedek; 1 and Thy Yamin (Right Hand) shall guide Thee to nora'ot (things of awe). 1

Matthew Henry on Numbers 24:2-10

Balaam Blesses Israel a Third Time. ( b. c. 1452.) 1 And when Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. 3 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 4 He hath said, which heard the words of God,… Read the whole commentary →

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