Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. the people. 3300 years, to the present day. dwell alone Exodus 19:5,6 If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine. . . . Exodus 33:16 For how shall we be able to know, I and thy people, that we have found grace in thy sight, unless thou walk with us, that we may be glorified by all people that dwell upon the earth? Deuteronomy 33:28 Israel shall dwell in safety, and alone. The eye of Jacob in a land of corn and wine, and the heavens shall be misty with dew. Esther 3:8 And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king's ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore: Go out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works. 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: shall not Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel. Ezra 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the people of the lands. And the hand of the princes and magistrates hath been first in this transgression. Jeremiah 46:28 And thou, my servant Jacob, fear not, saith the Lord: because I am with thee, for I will consume all the nations to which I have cast thee out: but thee I will not consume, but I will correct thee in judgment, neither will I spare thee as if thou wert innocent. Amos 9:9 Behold the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord. Romans 15:8-10 For I say that Christ Jesus was minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: . . . Ephesians 2:12-14 That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise and without God in this world. . . . Context Balaam's First Oracle…8How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not? 9I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know the number of the stock of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the just, and my last end be like to them.… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel. Deuteronomy 33:28 Israel shall dwell in safety, and alone. The eye of Jacob in a land of corn and wine, and the heavens shall be misty with dew. Jeremiah 49:31 Arise, and go up to a nation that is at ease, and that dwelleth securely, saith the Lord: they have neither gates, nor bars: they dwell alone. Lexicon Forכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction I see them אֶרְאֶ֔נּוּ (’er·’en·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see from atop מֵרֹ֤אשׁ (mê·rōš) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head the rocky cliffs, צֻרִים֙ (ṣu·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 6697: A cliff, a rock, boulder, a refuge, an edge and I watch them אֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ (’ă·šū·ren·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7789: To spy out, survey, lurk for, care for from the hills. וּמִגְּבָע֖וֹת (ū·mig·gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine plural Strong's Hebrew 1389: A hillock Behold, הֶן־ (hen-) Interjection Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold! a people עָם֙ (‘ām) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock dwelling יִשְׁכֹּ֔ן (yiš·kōn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7931: To settle down, abide, dwell apart, לְבָדָ֣ד (lə·ḇā·ḏāḏ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 910: Isolation, separation [who] will not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no reckon themselves יִתְחַשָּֽׁב׃ (yiṯ·ḥaš·šāḇ) Verb - Hitpael - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2803: To think, account among the nations. וּבַגּוֹיִ֖ם (ū·ḇag·gō·w·yim) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts Additional Translations For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, who will not reckon themselves among the nations.For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: see, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations. For from the top of the mountains I shall see him, and from the hills I shall observe him: behold, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: Lo, [it is] a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations. For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that dwell alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations. For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself. 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