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]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:17 Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Jer. 48:45); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
  2. Numbers 24:17 Or possibly Moab, / batter
  3. Numbers 24:17 Or all the noisy boasters

17 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.

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17 “I(A) see Him, but not now;
I behold Him, but not near;
(B)A Star shall come out of Jacob;
(C)A Scepter shall rise out of Israel,
And [a]batter the brow of Moab,
And destroy all the sons of [b]tumult.

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  1. Numbers 24:17 shatter the forehead
  2. Numbers 24:17 Heb. Sheth, Jer. 48:45

19 A ruler will come out of Jacob(A)
    and destroy the survivors of the city.”

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19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

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19 (A)Out of Jacob One [a]shall have dominion,
And destroy the remains of the city.”

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  1. Numbers 24:19 shall rule

Israel Fights the Remaining Canaanites(A)

After the death(B) of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Who of us is to go up first(C) to fight against the Canaanites?(D)

The Lord answered, “Judah(E) shall go up; I have given the land into their hands.(F)

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Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

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The Continuing Conquest of Canaan(A)

Now after the (B)death of Joshua it came to pass that the children of Israel (C)asked the Lord, saying, “Who shall be first to go up for us against the (D)Canaanites to fight against them?”

And the Lord said, (E)“Judah shall go up. Indeed I have delivered the land into his hand.”

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18 The Israelites went up to Bethel[a](A) and inquired of God.(B) They said, “Who of us is to go up first(C) to fight(D) against the Benjamites?”

The Lord replied, “Judah(E) shall go first.”

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  1. Judges 20:18 Or to the house of God; also in verse 26

18 And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first.

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18 Then the children of Israel arose and (A)went up to [a]the house of God to (B)inquire of God. They said, “Which of us shall go up first to battle against the children of Benjamin?”

The Lord said, (C)“Judah first!”

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  1. Judges 20:18 Or Bethel

and though Judah(A) was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler(B) came from him, the rights of the firstborn(C) belonged to Joseph)—

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For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)

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yet (A)Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a (B)ruler, although [a]the birthright was Joseph’s—

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  1. 1 Chronicles 5:2 the right of the firstborn

“Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me(A) from my whole family(B) to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah(C) as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.(D)

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Howbeit the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:

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However the Lord God of Israel (A)chose me above all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for He has chosen (B)Judah to be the ruler. And of the house of Judah, (C)the house of my father, and (D)among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel.

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

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Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

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Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine;
(A)Ephraim also is the [a]helmet for My head;
(B)Judah is My lawgiver.

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  1. Psalm 60:7 Lit. protection

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

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Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver;

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Gilead is Mine; Manasseh is Mine;
Ephraim also is the [a]helmet for My head;
(A)Judah is My lawgiver.

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  1. Psalm 108:8 Lit. protection