Numbers 24:19

_OUT OF JACOB SHALL COME HE THAT SHALL HAVE DOMINION, AND SHALL DESTROY HIM THAT REMAINETH OF THE CITY._ Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, х_ WªYEERD_ (H7287)]. Some [considering this to be a form of the verb _ YAARAD_ (H3381)] translate, 'he that shall descend.' But others, looking to the connection with the preceding verse, more correctly deduce this word from х_ RAADAAH_ (H7287)] 'he shall bear rule'-namely, over the Edomites (Obadiah 1:19). AND SHALL DESTROY HIM THAT REMAINETH OF THE CITY - literally, that escaped from the city; i:e., from the massacre attending the capture of it. [The Septuagint, apolei soozomenon ek poleoos. Mr. Grove (Smith's 'Dictionary,' art. Moab) considers `iyr

15-25 Under the powerful influence of the Spirit of prophecy, Balaam foretold the future prosperity and extensive dominion of Israel. Balaam boasts that his eyes are open. The prophets were in old times called seers. He had heard the words of God, which many do who neither heed them, nor hear God in them. He knew the knowledge of the Most High. A man may be full of the knowledge of God, yet utterly destitute of the grace of God. He calls God the Most High and the Almighty. No man could seem to express a greater respect to God; yet he had no true fear of him, love to him, nor faith in him; so far a man may go toward heaven, and yet come short of it at last. Here is Balaam's prophecy concerning Him who should be the crown and glory of his people Israel; who is David in the type; but our Lord Jesus, the promised Messiah, is chiefly pointed at, and of him it is an illustrious prophecy. Bala...

Verse Numbers 24:19. _OUT OF JACOB SHALL COME, C._] This is supposed to refer to Christ, because of what is said Genesis 49:10. It is exceedingly difficult to fix the true sense of this prophecy in all its particulars. Probably the _star_, Numbers 24:17, is only an emblem of _kingly_ power. Among the Egyptians a _star_ is said to have been the symbol of the Divine Being. The _sceptre_ refers to the kingly power in _exercise_. The _corners_ or outskirts may mean the petty Moabitish governments, as the Chaldee has understood the term. If _karkar_, which we translate _utterly_ _destroy_, be not the name of a _place_ here, as it is in...

DESTROY HIM THAT REMAINETH OF THE CITY - i. e., shall destroy those of every city that had previously escaped. The phrase tersely describes a conqueror who first defeats his enemies in battle, and then hunts out the fugitives until he has cut off all of every place (compare 1 Kings 11:16). The victories of David were a partial accomplishment of the predictions Numbers 24:14, Numbers 24:18, but did not exhaust them. It is apparent that Edom and Moab are named by Balaam, as they are also by the prophets (compare e. g., Isaiah 11:14),

NUMBERS 24:1 AS AT OTHER TIMES, or, "as (he had done) time after time." SEPTUAGINT, κατὰ τὸ εἰωθός. TO SEEK FOR ENCHANTMENTS. Rather, "for the meeting with aunties." לִקְמראת נְחַשִׁים. Septuagint, to συνάντησιν τοῖς οἰωνοῖς. _Nachashim; _as in Numbers 23:23, is not enchantments in the sense of magical practices, but definitely auguries, i.e. omens and signs in the natural world observed and interpreted according to an artificial system as manifesting the purposes of God. As one of the commonest and worst of heathen practices, it was forbidden to Israel (Leviticus 19:26;...

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 q. q Bemidbar Rabba, fol. 179. 3....

THE PARABLES OF BALAAM Chapter S 23-24 _ 1. The first parable (Numbers 23:1)_ 2. Balak's surprise and Balaam's answer (Numbers 23:11) 3. At Zophim (Numbers 23:13) 4. The second parable (Numbers 23:18) 5. Balak's request and Balaam's reply (Numbers 23:25) 6. Balaam's third parable (Numbers 24:1) 7. Balak's anger and Balaam's firmness ...

BALAAM'S FOURTH ORACLE. In this it is predicted that Israel, previously declared to be formidable to its foes in general, will bring destruction upon Moab and Edom in particular. NUMBERS 24:17. NOT NOW. NOT NIGH: _i.e._ the prediction relates to the distant future. A STAR: a figure for an illustrious king (_cf._ Isaiah 14:12; Revelation 22:16). The passage possibly influenced the belief that the birth of the Messiah would be heralded by a star (Matthew 2:2); and the name of _Bar-cochba_, son of a star, was assumed by a pretended Messiah in A.D. 120. In the last two lines read, And shall smite throu

OUT OF JACOB. In Hebrew there is the _Ellipsis_ of the _Participle_ (App-6); "shall come "is implied and should be repeated from the previous clause. Revised Version is literal....

_Balaam's second prophetic message_. This consists of seven couplets and a triplet....