Numbers 24:18
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, which were his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
19And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, And shall destroy the remnant from the city.
Cross References
Genesis 27:29Let peoples serve thee, And nations bow down to thee: Be lord over thy brethren, And let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: Cursed be every one that curseth thee, And blessed be every one that blesseth thee.
Genesis 32:3And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom.
1 Kings 11:14And the LORD raised up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king’s seed in Edom.
Psalms 60:1O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast broken us down; thou hast been angry; O restore us again.
Isaiah 34:5For my sword hath drunk its fill in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Edom, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
Amos 9:12that they may possess the remnant of Edom, and all the nations, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth 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 →