Numbers 24:7 KJV — MannaFest

Numbers 24:7

He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

KJV

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ASV

Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.

WEB

Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.

YLT

He maketh water flow from his buckets, And his seed is in many waters; And higher than Agag is his king, And exalted is his kingdom.

DBT

Water shall flow out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in great waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.

About this book

Old Testament

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Numbers — Israel on the move — and Israel on the ground in rebellion. Two censuses bracket thirty-eight wilderness years; God's faithfulness holds where the people's does not.

Author: Moses — the wilderness narrator; ‘Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys’ (33:2)
Date: The wilderness years, c. 15th–13th century BC

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28 verses on the floor

Esther 3:1
After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
2 Samuel 5:12
And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
1 Chronicles 14:2
And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel.
Psalms 89:27
Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
Jeremiah 51:13
O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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How goodly are thy tents, . . . O Israel!--a fine burst of admiration, expressed in highly poetical strains. All travellers describe the beauty which the circular area of Bedouin tents impart to the desert.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

Agag, it is probable, was the most potent monarch in those parts; Balaam knew of none more considerable than he was; he rose above the rest of his neighbours. But Balaam foretells that Israel's chief commander, who, after Moses, was Joshua, should be more great and honourable than ever Agag was, and make a far better figure in history.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

14, 16 ), where God had sworn that he would have perpetual war with Amalek. Note, Those whom God is at war with will certainly perish for ever; for when God judges he will overcome. The Kenites were now the securest of the nations; their situation was such as that nature was their engineer, and had strongly fortified them: " Thou puttest thy nest (like the eagle) in a rock,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Than Agag - Than the King of the Amalekites, which King and people were famous and potent in that age, as may be guessed by their bold attempt upon so numerous a people as Israel. And it is probable, that Agag was the common name of the Amalekitish Kings, as Abimelech was of the Philistines, and Pharaoh of the Egyptians, and Caesar of the Romans.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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H7311190× in canon H2233229× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

NUM 24:7REV 19:16 REV 17:14
NUM 24:7REV 19:16 1TI 6:15
NUM 24:72SA 5:12 2SA 7:16
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
NUM 24:7REV 19:16 DAN 2:47
NUM 24:7REV 19:16 PHP 2:9-11
NUM 24:7REV 17:1 REV 19:2
NUM 24:7REV 17:1 REV 17:1-17
NUM 24:7REV 17:1 JER 51:13

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