Numbers 24:19

19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion , and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

Numbers 24:19 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 24:19

Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion
Meaning either David, or rather the Messiah; and so Jarchi interprets this of another ruler out of Jacob, even of the Messiah, of whom it is said, he shall have dominion from sea to sea; ( Psalms 72:8 ) ,

and shall destroy him, that remaineth of the city;
chief city of Edom, or of any of the cities of it, signifying that there should be none left, see ( Obadiah 1:18 ) , this is also applied to the days of the Messiah, in the ancient writings of the Jews ^F17.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Bemidbar Rabba, fol. 179. 3.

Numbers 24:19 In-Context

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 destroy all the children of Sheth .

18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies ; and Israel shall do valiantly.

19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion , and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said , Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said , Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.