Numbers 24:8
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8 God, who brings him out of Egypt,
is like the horns of a wild ox for him;
he shall devour the nations that are his foes
and break their bones.
He shall strike with his arrows.[a](A)
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- 24.8 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Psalm 45:5
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5 Your arrows are sharp
in the heart of the king’s enemies;
the peoples fall under you.
Numbers 23:22
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22 God, who brings them out of Egypt,
is like the horns of a wild ox for them.(A)
Jeremiah 50:17
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17 Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured it, and now at the end King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon has gnawed its bones.(A)
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Psalm 2:9
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9 You shall break them with a rod of iron
and dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.”(A)
Numbers 23:24
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24 Look, a people rising up like a lioness
and rousing itself like a lion!
It does not lie down until it has eaten the prey
and drunk the blood of the slain.”(A)
Numbers 14:9
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9 Only, do not rebel against the Lord, and do not fear the people of the land, for they are no more than bread for us; their protection is removed from them, and the Lord is with us; do not fear them.”(A)
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Jeremiah 50:9
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9 For I am going to stir up and bring against Babylon a company of great nations from the land of the north, and they shall array themselves against her; from there she shall be taken. Their arrows are like the arrows of a skilled warrior who does not return empty-handed.(A)
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Isaiah 38:13
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13 I cry for help[a] until morning;
like a lion he breaks all my bones;
from day to night you bring me to an end.(A)
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- 38.13 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Daniel 6:24
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24 The king gave a command, and those who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. Before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.(A)
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Psalm 21:12
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12 For you will put them to flight;
you will aim at their faces with your bows.(A)
Deuteronomy 32:42
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42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,
and my sword shall devour flesh—
with the blood of the slain and the captives,
from the long-haired enemy.’(A)
Deuteronomy 32:23
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23 I will heap disasters upon them,
spend my arrows against them:(A)
Deuteronomy 7:1
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A Chosen People
7 “When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are about to enter and occupy and he clears away many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and mightier than you(A)—
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Numbers 21:5
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5 The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.”(A)
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