Numbers 24:18
Good News Translation
He will conquer his enemies in Edom And make their land his property, While Israel continues victorious.

New Revised Standard Version
Edom will become a possession, Seir a possession of its enemies, while Israel does valiantly.

Contemporary English Version
Israel will conquer Edom and capture the land of that enemy nation.

New American Bible
Edom will be dispossessed, and no survivor is left in Seir. Israel will act boldly,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he shall possess Idumea: the inheritance of Seir shall come to their enemies, but Israel shall do manfully.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he shall possess Idumea: the inheritance of Seir shall come to their enemies, but Israel shall do manfully.

Of Jacob

Genesis 49:10 The sceptre shall not be taken away from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations.

Psalm 2:1-12 Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things? . . .

Psalm 72:10,11 The kings of Tharsis and the islands shall offer presents: the kings of the Arabians and of Saba shall bring gifts: . . .

Isaiah 11:10 In that day the root of Jesse, who standeth for an ensign of the people, him the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepulchre shall be glorious.

Micah 5:2,4 Now shalt thou be laid waste, O daughter of the robber: they have laid siege against us, with a rod shall they strike the cheek of the judge of Israel. . . .

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me in heaven and in earth.

1 Corinthians 15:25 For he must reign, until he hath put all his enemies under his feet.

Ephesians 1:20-22 Which he wrought in Christ, raising him up from the dead and setting him on his right hand in the heavenly places. . . .

Philippians 2:10,11 That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth, and under the earth: . . .

Hebrews 1:8 But to the Son: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of justice is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

1 Peter 3:22 Who is on the right hand of God, swallowing down death that we might be made heirs of life everlasting: being gone into heaven, the angels and powers and virtues being made subject to him.

Revelation 19:16 And he hath on his garment and on his thigh written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

shall destroy

Psalm 21:7-10 For the king hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. . . .

Matthew 25:46 And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just, into life everlasting.

Luke 19:12,27 He said therefore: a certain nobleman went into a far country, to receive for himself a kingdom and to return. . . .

Context
Balaam's Fourth Oracle
17I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near. A STAR SHALL RISE out of Jacob and a sceptre shall spring up from Israel: and shall strike the chiefs of Moab, and shall waste all the children of Seth 18And he shall possess Idumea: the inheritance of Seir shall come to their enemies, but Israel shall do manfully.19Out of Jacob shall he come that shall rule, and shall destroy the remains of the city.…
Cross References
Genesis 27:29
And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee: be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother's children bow down before thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee: and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings.

Genesis 32:3
And he sent messengers before him to Esau, his brother, to the land of Seir, to the country of Edom:

Numbers 20:18
And Edom answered them: Thou shalt not pass by me: if thou dost I will come out armed against thee.

Numbers 24:19
Out of Jacob shall he come that shall rule, and shall destroy the remains of the city.

2 Samuel 8:14
And he put guards in Edom, and placed there a garrison: and all Edom was made to serve David: and the Lord preserved David in all enterprises he went about.

Psalm 60:12
Through God we shall do mightily: and he shall bring to nothing them that afflict us.

Amos 9:11
All the sinners of my people shall fall by the sword: who say: The evils shall not approach, and shall not come upon us.

Amos 9:12
In that day I will raise up the tabernacle of David, that is fallen: and I will close up the breaches of the walls thereof, and repair what was fallen: and I will rebuild it as in the days of old.

Obadiah 1:2
The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God to Edom: We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and he hath sent an ambassador to the nations: Arise, and let us rise up to battle against him.

Numbers 24:17
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