Numbers 24:17-25
New International Version
17 “I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near.(A)
A star will come out of Jacob;(B)
a scepter will rise out of Israel.(C)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,(D)
the skulls[a](E) of[b] all the people of Sheth.[c]
18 Edom(F) will be conquered;
Seir,(G) his enemy, will be conquered,(H)
but Israel(I) will grow strong.
19 A ruler will come out of Jacob(J)
and destroy the survivors of the city.”
Balaam’s Fifth Message
20 Then Balaam saw Amalek(K) and spoke his message:
“Amalek was first among the nations,
but their end will be utter destruction.”(L)
Balaam’s Sixth Message
21 Then he saw the Kenites(M) and spoke his message:
“Your dwelling place is secure,(N)
your nest is set in a rock;
22 yet you Kenites will be destroyed
when Ashur(O) takes you captive.”
Balaam’s Seventh Message
23 Then he spoke his message:
“Alas! Who can live when God does this?[d]
24 Ships will come from the shores of Cyprus;(P)
they will subdue Ashur(Q) and Eber,(R)
but they too will come to ruin.(S)”
25 Then Balaam(T) got up and returned home, and Balak went his own way.
Footnotes
- Numbers 24:17 Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Jer. 48:45); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
- Numbers 24:17 Or possibly Moab, / batter
- Numbers 24:17 Or all the noisy boasters
- Numbers 24:23 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew The people from the islands will gather from the north.
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