Numbers 24:19

Yea One wieldeth dominion out of Jacob,—Who hath destroyed the remnant out of the fortress.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

18So Edom hath become a possession, Yea a possession is Seir to his foes,—But, Israel, is doing valiantly;

20And, when he saw Amalek, he took up, his parable, and said—The beginning of nations,—Amalek, But his latter end is even to perish.

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?

Psalms 72:10The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands, A gift, let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba, A present, let them bring;

Micah 5:2Thou, therefore, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though, little, to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee, shall Mine come forth, to be ruler in Israel,—whose comings forth, have been from of old, from the days of age-past time.

Matthew 25:46And, these, shall go away, into, age-abiding, correction, but, the righteous, into, age-abiding, life.

Luke 19:12He said, therefore—A certain man, of noble birth, went into a country far away, to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.

1 Corinthians 15:25For he must needs reign, until he shall 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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