Numbers 24:19

And [one] doth rule out of Jacob, And hath destroyed a remnant from Ar.'

Young's Literal Translation

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

18And Edom hath been a possession, And Seir hath been a possession, [for] its enemies, And Israel is doing valiantly;

20And he seeth Amalek, and taketh up his simile, and saith: 'A beginning of the Goyim [is] Amalek; And his latter end — for ever he perisheth.'

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Cross References

Psalms 2:1Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

Psalms 72:10Kings of Tarshish and of the isles send back a present. Kings of Sheba and Seba a reward bring near.

Micah 5:2And thou, Beth-Lehem Ephratah, Little to be among the chiefs of Judah! From thee to Me he cometh forth — to be ruler in Israel, And his comings forth [are] of old, From the days of antiquity.

Matthew 25:46And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during.'

Luke 19:12He said therefore, 'A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,

1 Corinthians 15:25for it behoveth him to reign till he may have put all the 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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