Numbers 23:9

For from the top of the rocks I see him. 2 From the hills I see him. 1 Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, 2 and shall not be listed among the nations. 1

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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 whom God has not cursed? 2 How shall I defy whom Adonai has not defied? 1

10Who can count the dust of Jacob [Supplanter], 2 or count the fourth part of Israel [God prevails]? 1 Let me die the death of the upright! 2 Let my last end be like his!”

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Cross References

Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed sh'ma ·hear obey· my voice, and sh'ma ·hear obey· keep my covenant ·binding contract between two or more parties·, then you shall be my own segulah ·special treasure· from among all peoples; + 19:5. Quoted in 1 Pet 2:9 for all the earth is mine;

Deuteronomy 32:8When haElyon [the Most High] gave to the nations their inheritance, 2 when he separated the children of men, 1 he set the bounds of the peoples 2 according to the number of the children of Israel [God prevails]. 1

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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