Numbers 24:17 (KJV)

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I shall see him but not now I shall behold him but not nigh there shall come a Star out of Jacob and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel and shall smite the corners of Moab and destroy all the children of Sheth

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I shall see him.The Targum of Onkelos translates this passage in the following manner: "I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but he is not near. When a king shall arise from the house of Jacob, and the Messiah be anointed from the house of Israel; he shall slay the princes of Moab, and rule over all the children of men." The marginal references will direct the reader to the fulfilment of these remarkable prophecies. Job 19:25-27 Zec 12:10 Jude 1:11 Jude 1:14 Jude 1:15 Re 1:7

a Star. Mt 2:2-9 Lu 1:78 2Pe 1:19 Re 22:16

a Sceptre. Ge 49:10 Ps 45:6 Ps 78:70-72 Ps 110:2 Isa 9:7 Lu 1:32 Lu 1:33 Heb 1:8

smite the corners of Moab. or, smite through the princes ofMoab. 1Sa 14:38 Zec 10:4

Moab. 2Sa 8:2 2Ki 3:5 2Ki 3:26 2Ki 3:27 1Ch 18:2 Jer 48:45

all the children. Ge 4:25 Ge 4:26 Ge 5:3-29

Seth. Ps 72:8-11 Re 11:15

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