Numbers 24:17

Balaam foresees a star and scepter rising out of Israel who will strike Moab and Israel's enemies. This is a key messianic prophecy of a coming royal deliverer.

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• Rev 22:16I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.
• Luke 1:32–33He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:
• Gen 49:10The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
• Rev 11:15And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
• Rev 1:7Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
• Ps 45:6Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.
• 2 Pet 1:19We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts:
• Zech 10:4Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
• Matt 2:2–9Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him.
• Luke 1:78Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
• 1 Chr 18:2And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
• Heb 1:8But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
• Job 19:25–27For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
• Jude 1:11Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
• 2 Sam 8:2And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
• Zech 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
• Jer 48:45They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
• Jude 1:14–15And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
• Isa 9:7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this.
• Ps 110:2The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.
• 2 Kgs 3:5But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
• 2 Kgs 3:26–27And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not.
• Isa 15:1The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence;
• Ps 72:8–11He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
• Ps 78:70–72He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
• Gen 4:25–26And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
• Gen 5:3–29And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth:
• 1 Sam 14:38And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day.
• Num 21:29Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites.

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