Numbers 24:17
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| Overview - Numbers 24 | |
| 1 | Balaam, leaving divinations, prophesies the happiness of Israel. |
| 10 | Balak, in anger, dismisses him. |
| 15 | He prophesies of the Star of Jacob, and the destruction of some nations. |
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Numbers 24:17 (King James Version)
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.
- I shall see him
- The Targum of Onkelos translates this passage in the following manner: "I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but he is not near. When a king shall arise from the house of Jacob, and the Messiah be anointed from the house of Israel; he shall slay the princes of Moab, and rule over all the children of men." The marginal references will direct the reader to the fulfilment of these remarkable prophecies.
- Job 19:25-27 ; Zechariah 12:10 ; Jude 1:11 Jude 1:14 Jude 1:15 ; Revelation 1:7
- a Star
- Matthew 2:2-9 ; Luke 1:78 ; 2 Peter 1:19 ; Revelation 22:16
- a Sceptre
- Genesis 49:10 ; Psalms 45:6 ; 78:70-72 110:2 Isaiah 9:7 ; Luke 1:32 Luke 1:33 ; Hebrews 1:8
- smite the corners of Moab or, smite through the princes of
- Moab.
- 1 Samuel 14:38 ; *marg:
- Zechariah 10:4
- Moab
- 2 Samuel 8:2 ; 2 Kings 3:5 2 Kings 3:26 2 Kings 3:27 ; 1 Chronicles 18:2 ; Jeremiah 48:45
- all the children
- Genesis 4:25 Genesis 4:26 ; 5:3-29
- Seth
- Psalms 72:8-11 ; Revelation 11:15