Numbers 23:22
God brings them out of Egypt.He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 12:41It happened at the end of four hundred thirty years, even the same day it happened, that all the armies of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.
Exodus 14:18The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord, when I have gotten myself honor over Pharaoh, over his chariots, and over his horsemen."
Numbers 22:5He sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River, to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, "Behold, there is a people who came out from Egypt. Behold, they cover the surface of the earth, and they are staying opposite me.
Deuteronomy 33:17The firstborn of his herd, majesty is his.His horns are the horns of the wild ox.With them he shall push all of the peoples, to the ends of the earth:They are the ten thousands of Ephraim.They are the thousands of Manasseh."
Job 39:10Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness?Or will he till the valleys after you?
Psalms 22:21Save me from the lion's mouth!Yes, from the horns of the wild oxen, you have answered me.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 23:14-30
Balaam Again Blesses Israel. ( b. c. 1452.) 13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. 14 And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. 15 And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the Lord yonder. 16 And the Lord met Balaam,… Read the whole commentary →