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Numbers 23:22
22God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox.
Numbers 23:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
- English Standard Version (ESV)God brings them out of Egypt and is for them like the horns of the wild ox.
- New King James Version (NKJV)God brings them out of Egypt; He has strength like a wild ox.
- New Living Translation (NLT)God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox.
Context of Numbers 23:22
20I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it. 21“No misfortune is seen in Jacob, no misery observed in Israel. The Lord their God is with them; the shout of the King is among them. God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox. 23There is no divination against Jacob, no evil omens against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’ 24The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion that does not rest till it devours its prey and drinks the blood of its victims.”
Read all of Numbers 23Numbers 23:22 word by word
אֵ֖ל מוֹצִיאָ֣ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם כְּתוֹעֲפֹ֥ת רְאֵ֖ם לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 23:22
- Numbers 22:5sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor, who was at Pethor, near the Euphrates River, in his native land. Balak said: “A people has come out of Egypt; they cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.
- Numbers 24:8“God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox. They devour hostile nations and break their bones in pieces; with their arrows they pierce them.
- Exodus 9:16But I have raised you up for this very purpose, that I might show you my power and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.
- Exodus 14:18The Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I gain glory through Pharaoh, his chariots and his horsemen.”
- Exodus 20:2“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
- Psalms 68:35You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!
- Deuteronomy 33:17In majesty he is like a firstborn bull; his horns are the horns of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even those at the ends of the earth. Such are the ten thousands of Ephraim; such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
- Job 39:10Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?
- Psalms 22:21Rescue me from the mouth of the lions; save me from the horns of the wild oxen.
Commentaries on Numbers 23:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22The strength of a unicorn - ראם reem and ראים reim . It is generally allowed that there is no such beast in nature as the unicorn; i. e., a creature of the horse kind, with one long rich curled horn in the forehead. The creature painted from fancy is represented as one of the supporters of the royal arms of Great Britain. It is difficult to say what kind of beast is intended by the original word. The Septuagint translate the word , the unicorn, or…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22An unicorn - A wild bull, the now extinct Aurochs, formidable for its size, strength, speed, and ferocity.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-30Verses 11-30 Balak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A second time the curse is turned into a blessing; and this blessing is both larger and stronger than the former. Men change their minds, and break their words; but God never changes his mind, and therefore never recalls his promise. And when in Scripture he is said to repent, it does not mean any…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-24This message emphasizes God’s faithfulness to his people. He would remain with them and keep all the promises he had made. Nothing would cause him to abandon his word or turn away from Israel.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn--Israel is not as they were at the Exodus, a horde of poor, feeble, spiritless people, but powerful and invincible as a reem--that is, a rhinoceros (Job 39:9; Psa 22:21; 92:10).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 23
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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