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Numbers 23:22
22God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as 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.
- New International Version (NIV)God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox.
- 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.
Context of Numbers 23:22
20Listen, I received a command to bless; God has blessed, and I cannot reverse it! 21No misfortune is in his plan for Jacob; no trouble is in store for Israel. For the Lord their God is with them; he has been proclaimed their king. God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox. 23No curse can touch Jacob; no magic has any power against Israel. For now it will be said of Jacob, ‘What wonders God has done for Israel!’ 24These people rise up like a lioness, like a majestic lion rousing itself. They refuse to rest until they have feasted on prey, drinking the blood of the slaughtered!”
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אֵ֖ל מוֹצִיאָ֣ם מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם כְּתוֹעֲפֹ֥ת רְאֵ֖ם לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 23:22
- Numbers 22:5sent messengers to call Balaam son of Beor, who was living in his native land of Pethor near the Euphrates River. His message said: “Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt. They cover the face of the earth and are threatening me.
- Numbers 24:8God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox. He devours all the nations that oppose him, breaking their bones in pieces, shooting them with arrows.
- Exodus 9:16But I have spared you for a purpose—to show you my power and to spread my fame throughout the earth.
- Exodus 14:18When my glory is displayed through them, all Egypt will see my glory and know that I am the Lord!”
- Exodus 20:2“I am the Lord your God, who rescued you from the land of Egypt, the place of your slavery.
- Psalms 68:35God is awesome in his sanctuary. The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!
- Deuteronomy 33:17Joseph has the majesty of a young bull; he has the horns of a wild ox. He will gore distant nations, even to the ends of the earth. This is my blessing for the multitudes of Ephraim and the thousands of Manasseh.”
- Job 39:10Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you?
- Psalms 22:21Snatch me from the lion’s jaws and from the horns of these 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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