Numbers 23:24 KJV
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Matthew Henry
- Balak's disappointment, and second sacrifice, Balaam again blesses IsraelBalak was angry with Balaam. Thus a confession of God's overruling power is extorted from a wicked prophet, to the confusion of a wicked prince. A second...
Thompson Chains
- InvincibilitySee the chain from Deuteronomy 7:24 · 7 links
Cross References
- Genesis 49:9 Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?
- Genesis 49:27 Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
- Numbers 24:8–9 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. …
- Numbers 24:17 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.
- Deuteronomy 33:20 And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head.
- Psalms 17:12 Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places.
- Proverbs 30:30 A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
- Isaiah 31:4 For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
- Daniel 2:44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
- Amos 3:8 The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?
- Micah 5:8–9 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. …
- Nahum 2:11 Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid?
- Zechariah 10:4–5 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. …
- Zechariah 12:6 In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem.
- Revelation 5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
- Revelation 19:11–21 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. …
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Topics
- God Providence of, overruling interpositions of the
- Hypocrisy Ith
- Moabites Calls for Balaam to curse Israel
- Pisgah Balaam prophesies on
- Sorcery By Balaam
- Temptation Balak tempts Balaam
- Worldliness Balaam
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Behold, the people הֶן hen Interjection עָם ʿām עַם Noun · masculine singular
- shall rise up יָקוּם yāqûm קוּם Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- as a great lion כְּלָבִיא kĕlābîʾ לָבִיא Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition
- and lift up יִתְנַשָּׂא yitnaśśāʾ נָשָׂא Verb · hithpael imperfect, third person masculine singular
- himself as a young lion וְכַאֲרִי wĕkaʾărî אֲרִי Noun · masculine singular · with and, preposition
- he shall not lie down לֹא lōʾ Negative יִשְׁכַּב yiškab שָׁכַב Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- until he eat עַד ʿad Preposition יֹאכַל yōʾkal אָכַל Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- the prey טֶרֶף ṭerep טֶרֶף Noun · masculine singular
- and drink יִשְׁתֶּה yištê שָׁתָה Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- the blood וְדַם wĕdam דָּם Noun · masculine singular construct · with and
- of the slain חֲלָלִים ḥălālîm חָלָל Adjective · masculine plural
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