Numbers 24:19

Out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.”

World English Bible

In The King James Version

Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

In Context

18Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemy, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.

20He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall come to destruction.”

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot a vain thing?

Psalms 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

Micah 5:2But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come out to me who is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings out are from of old, from ancient times.

Matthew 25:46These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

Luke 19:12He said therefore, “A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom and to return.

1 Corinthians 15:25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

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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