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]

⁷ Gilead^(A) is mine, and Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim^(B) is my helmet,
    Judah^(C) is my scepter.^(D)

⁸ Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;
    Ephraim is my helmet,
    Judah^(A) is my scepter.