Numbers 24:22

Nevertheless you Kenites will be consumed by fire 2 when Assyria carries you away captive.”

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Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

In Context

21Then Balaam looked toward the Kenites and began his prophecy. He said, 1 “The place where you live is strong, 2 and your nest is in the rocks. 1

23Then Balaam began his final prophecy. He said, 1 “Woe! Who will survive when God does this? 1

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Cross References

Genesis 10:11Out of that land he went to Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth Ir, Calah,

Ezra 4:2So they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of their ancestors' clans. They said to them, “Let us build with you, for, like you, we seek your God and have sacrificed to him since the days when Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, brought us to this place.”

Hosea 14:3Assyria will not save us; 1 we will not ride on horses to war. 1 Neither will we say anymore to the work of our hands, 1 'You are our gods,' 1 for in you the fatherless person finds compassion.” 1

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 →

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