Numbers 24:17

WEB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁷ I see him, but not now.
          I see him, but not near.
             A star will come out of Jacob.
          A scepter will rise out of Israel,
             and shall strike through the corners of Moab,
          and break down all the sons of Sheth.

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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; Zechariah 12:10; Jude 1:11; Jude 1:14; Jude 1:15; Revelation 1:7
a Star.
Matthew 2:2-9; Luke 1:78; 2 Peter 1:19; Revelation 22:16
a Sceptre.
Genesis 49:10; Psalms 45:6; Psalms 78:70-72; Psalms 110:2; Isaiah 9:7; Luke 1:32; Luke 1:33; Hebrews 1:8
smite the corners of Moab. or, smite through the princes ofMoab.
1 Samuel 14:38
Zechariah 10:4
Moab.
2 Samuel 8:2; 2 Kings 3:5; 2 Kings 3:26; 2 Kings 3:27; 1 Chronicles 18:2; Jeremiah 48:45
all the children.
Genesis 4:25; Genesis 4:26; Genesis 5:3-29
Seth.
Psalms 72:8-11; Revelation 11:15