Numbers 24:8
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.
Context
This verse from Numbers Chapter 24 connects to 10 cross-references. Balaam's third and fourth oracles come as he looks out over Israel with the Spirit of God upon him: Israel will triumph over all enemies; a star will come from Jacob, a scepter from Israel that will crush Moab and …
Other Translations
God bringeth him forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And smite them through with his arrows.
God is bringing him out of Egypt; As the swiftness of a Reem is to him, He eateth up nations his adversaries, And their bones he breaketh, And <FI>with<Fi> his arrows he smiteth,
It is God who has taken him out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox; the nations warring against him will be his food, their bones will be broken, they will be wounded with his arrows.
Cross References
Only rebel not ye against the Lord, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for …
And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die …
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall …
When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast …
I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of …
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.
Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the …
Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies; whereby the people fall under thee.