Numbers 24:18
Edom will be his heritage, and he will put an end to the last of the people of Seir.
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In Context
19And Israel will go on in strength, and Jacob will have rule over his haters.
Cross References
Genesis 27:29Let peoples be your servants, and nations go down before you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother's sons go down before you: a curse be on everyone by whom you are cursed, and a blessing on those who give you a blessing.
Genesis 32:3Now Jacob sent servants before him to Esau, his brother, in the land of Seir, the country of Edom;
1 Kings 11:14So the Lord sent Hadad the Edomite to make trouble for Solomon: he was of the king's seed in Edom.
Psalms 60:1To the chief music-maker; put to Shushan-eduth. Michtam. Of David.\
Isaiah 34:5For my sword in heaven is full of wrath: see, it is coming down on Edom, in punishment on the people of my curse.
Amos 9:12So that the rest of Edom may be their heritage, and all the nations who have been named by my name, says the Lord, who is doing this.
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 →