Numbers 24:7 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 24:7

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.

BSB

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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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

Balaam’s native soil was ordinarily irrigated by water fetched from the neighboring Euphrates, and carried in buckets suspended from the two ends of a pole. Thus the metaphor would import that Israel should have his own exuberant and unfailing channels of blessing and plenty. Some take the word to be predictive of the future benefits which, through the means of Israel, were to accrue to the rest of the world.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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.

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יִֽזַּל־	yi.zal-	it will flow	H5140 →
מַ֙יִם֙	ma.yim	water	H4325 →
מִדָּ֣לְיָ֔ו	mi.Dal.Yav	from buckets its	H1805 →
וְזַרְע֖וֹ	ve.zar.'O	and offspring its	H2233 →
בְּמַ֣יִם	be.Ma.yim	[will be] in waters	H4325 →
רַבִּ֑ים	ra.Bim	many	H7227 →
וְיָרֹ֤ם	ve.ya.Rom	and he may be high	H7311 →
מֵֽאֲגַג֙	me.'a.Gag	more than Agag	H90 →
מַלְכּ֔וֹ	mal.Ko	king its	H4428 →
וְתִנַּשֵּׂ֖א	ve.tin.na.Se'	so it may be exalted	H5375 →
מַלְכֻתֽוֹ׃	mal.khu.To	kingdom its	H4438 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

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
Revelation 19:16
And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
leads to
- Revelation 17:14
  They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen…
- 1 Timothy 6:15
  which the blessed and only Sovereign One—the King of kings and Lord of lords—will bring about in His own time.
- Daniel 2:47
  The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
- Philippians 2:9–11
  Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,
Through
2 Samuel 5:12
And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
leads to
- 2 Samuel 7:16
  Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Revelation 17:1
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
leads to
- Revelation 19:2
  For His judgments are true and just. He has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her immorality. He has avenged the blood of His servants that was poured out by her…
- Revelation 17:1–17
  Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
- Jeremiah 51:13
  You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.

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