Numbers 24:19 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 24:19

A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”

BSB

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ASV

And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, And shall destroy the remnant from the city.

KJV

Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

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Commentary

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John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion,.... Meaning either David, or rather the Messiah; and so Jarchi interprets this of another ruler out of Jacob, even of the Messiah, of whom it is said, he shall have dominion from sea to sea; Psa 72:8, and shall destroy him, that remaineth of the city; chief city of Edom, or of any of the cities of it, signifying that there should be none left, see Oba 1:18, this is also applied to the days of the Messiah, in the ancient writings of the Jews (q). (q) Bemidbar Rabba, fol.

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Destroy 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 1Ki 11:16). The victories of David were a partial accomplishment of the predictions Num 24:14, Num 24:18, but did not exhaust them.

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Original language & word study

5 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְיֵ֖רְדְּ	ve.Ye.red	and he will rule	H7287 →
מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֑ב	mi.ya.'a.Ko	from Jacob	H3290 →
וְהֶֽאֱבִ֥יד	ve.he.'e.Vid	and he will destroy	H6 →
שָׂרִ֖יד	sa.Rid	[the] survivor[s]	H8300 →
מֵעִֽיר׃	me.'Ir	from a city	H5892 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.
leads to
- John 3:35
  The Father loves the Son and has placed all things in His hands.
- 1 Peter 3:22
  who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Matthew 11:27
  All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses…
- Ephesians 1:20–22
  which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
- Hebrews 2:8
  and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.
Through
Micah 5:2
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come forth for Me One to be ruler over Israel—One whose origins are of old, from the days…
leads to
- Matthew 2:6
  ‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people…
- John 7:42
  Doesn’t the Scripture say that the Christ will come from the line of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
Through
Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
leads to
- Numbers 24:17
  I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and…

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