Numbers 23:22
God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
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ASV
God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.
KJV
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
This animal is called the unicorn, but I cannot say that I have seen him. But I have seen four brazen figures of him set up in the four-towered palace of the King of Ethiopia. From these figures I have been able to draw him …
Out of Egypt - Namely, by a strong hand, and in spite of all their enemies, and therefore it is in vain to seek or hope to overcome them. He - Israel, whom God brought out of Egypt, such change of numbers being very common in the Hebrew language. The sense is, Israel is not now what he was in Egypt, a poor, weak, dispirited, unarmed people, but high and strong and invincible.
The 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.
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Exodus 20:2“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
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“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
I am the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt. Open wide your mouth, and I will fill it.
I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians. I broke the bars of your yoke and…
So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His…
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Numbers 24:8God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
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Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
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Psalms 22:21Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
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But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of…
Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
