Tree of Life Version
Numbers 24:19
19One from Jacob will rule and destroy the city’s survivors.”
Numbers 24:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
- New International Version (NIV)A ruler will come out of Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And one from Jacob shall exercise dominion and destroy the survivors of cities!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)Out of Jacob One shall have dominion, And destroy the remains of the city.”
Context of Numbers 24:19
17‘I see him, yet not at this moment. I behold him, yet not in this location. For a star will come from Jacob, a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab and the skulls of all the sons of Seth. 18Edom will be conquered— his enemies will conquer Seir, but Israel will triumph. One from Jacob will rule and destroy the city’s survivors.” 20Then he saw Amalek, so he uttered his oracle and said: “Amalek was the first of nations, but will come to ruin at last.” 21Then he saw the Kenite, so he uttered his oracle and said, “Your dwelling is secure. Your nest is set in the rock.
Read all of Numbers 24Numbers 24:19 word by word
וְיֵ֖רְדְּ מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֑ב וְהֶֽאֱבִ֥יד שָׂרִ֖יד מֵעִֽיר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 24:19
- Exodus 17:8Then the Amalekites came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
- Judges 6:3Whenever Israel had done their sowing, the Midianites, Amalekites and people from the east would come up and raid them.
- 1 Samuel 14:48He did so with valor, defeating the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.
- 1 Samuel 15:3Now go and strike down Amalek and put all he has under the ban of destruction—so have no pity on him; but kill both men and women, children and nursing infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
- 1 Samuel 27:8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Gizrites and the Amalekites, for those were inhabitants of the region from ancient times, as you go all the way from Shur and as far as the land of Egypt.
- 1 Samuel 30:1Now it came to pass, when David and his men returned to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire;
- 1 Chronicles 4:43where they struck down the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they live there to this day.
- Esther 3:1Some time later King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite, elevating him and setting his chair above all the officials who were with him.
- Esther 7:9Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, “Look, a gallows fifty cubits high is standing next to Haman’s house. Haman himself made it for Mordecai, who spoke good on behalf of the king!” The king said, “Hang him on it!”
- Esther 9:14The king commanded that this be done. A decree was issued in Shushan and they hanged Haman’s 10 sons.
- Exodus 17:14Adonai said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in the hearing of Joshua, for I will utterly blot out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven.”
Commentaries on Numbers 24:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19Out of Jacob shall come, etc. - 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 scepter refers to the kingly power in exercise. The corners or outskirts may mean the petty Moabitish…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Destroy 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-25Verses 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…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-25This prophecy gives more specific details than the first three messages. It is based on another vision from God (the Most High, 24:16). It also predicts the appearance of a great leader who will play a major role in these military victories (24:17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion--David, and particularly Christ. that remaineth of the city--those who flee from the field to fortified places (Psa 60:9).Read the comment
Topics related to Numbers 24:19
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Numbers 24
- 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
Tree of Life Version — © 2015 The Messianic Jewish Family Bible Society
Commentaries