Num. 24:17

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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; Zech 12:10; Jude 1:11; Jude 1:14; Jude 1:15; Rev 1:7

a Star.

Matt 2:2-9; Luke 1:78; 2Pet 1:19; Rev 22:16

a Sceptre.

Gen 49:10; Ps 45:6; Ps 78:70-72; Ps 110:2; Isa 9:7; Luke 1:32; Luke 1:33; Heb 1:8

smite the corners of Moab. or, smite through the princes ofMoab.

1Sa 14:38; *marg:

Zec 10:4

Moab.

2Sam 8:2; 2Kgs 3:5; 2Kgs 3:26; 2Kgs 3:27; 1Chr 18:2; Jer 48:45

all the children.

Gen 4:25; Gen 4:26; Gen 5:3-29

Seth.

Ps 72:8-11; Rev 11:15