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.

Cross-references · 29

• Rev 22:16I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning Star.”
• Luke 1:32–33He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,
• Gen 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
• Rev 11:15The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”
• Rev 1:7Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
• Ps 45:6Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
• 2 Pet 1:19We have the more sure word of prophecy; and you do well that you heed it, as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the morning star arises in your hearts:
• Zech 10:4From him will come the cornerstone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.
• Matt 2:2–9“Where is he who is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him.”
• Luke 1:78because of the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dawn from on high will visit us,
• 1 Chr 18:2He defeated Moab; and the Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
• Heb 1:8But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.
• Job 19:25–27But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
• Jude 1:11Woe to them! For they went in the way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in Korah’s rebellion.
• 2 Sam 8:2He struck Moab, and measured them with the line, making them to lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death, and one full line to keep alive. The Moabites became servants to David, and brought tribute.
• Zech 12:10I will pour on David’s house, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplication; and they will look to me whom they have pierced; and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and will grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for his firstborn.
• Jer 48:45“Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire has gone out of Heshbon, and a flame from the middle of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
• Jude 1:14–15About these also Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, “Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones,
• Isa 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
• Ps 110:2Yahweh will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.
• 2 Kgs 3:5But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
• 2 Kgs 3:26–27When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too severe for him, he took with him seven hundred men who drew a sword, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not.
• Isa 15:1The burden of Moab: for in a night, Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing; for in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to nothing.
• Ps 72:8–11He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
• Ps 78:70–72He also chose David his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds;
• Gen 4:25–26Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, saying, “for God has given me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”
• Gen 5:3–29Adam lived one hundred thirty years, and became the father of a son in his own likeness, after his image, and named him Seth.
• 1 Sam 14:38Saul said, “Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people; and know and see in which this sin has been today.
• Num 21:29Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, and his daughters into captivity, to Sihon king of the Amorites.

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