Numbers 24:17
I shall see him, but not nowe: I shall behold him, but not neere: there shall come a starre of Iaakob, and a scepter shall rise of Israel, and shall smite the coastes of Moab, and destroy all the sonnes of Sheth.
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Genesis 4:25And Adam knewe his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, and she called his name Sheth: for God, saide she, hath appointed me another seede for Habel, because Kain slewe him.
Genesis 49:10The scepter shall not depart from Iudah, nor a Lawegiuer from betweene his feete, vntill Shiloh come, and the people shall be gathered vnto him.
1 Samuel 14:38And Saul said, All ye chiefe of the people, come ye hither, and knowe, and see by whom this sinne is done this day.
2 Kings 3:5But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the King of Israel.
1 Chronicles 18:2And he smote Moab, and the Moabites became Dauids seruants, and brought giftes.
Psalms 45:6Thy throne, O God, is for euer and euer: the scepter of thy kingdome is a scepter of righteousnesse.
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 →