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Numbers 23:24 KJV
Numbers · chapter 23 · verse 24
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.Numbers 23:24 · King James Version
Numbers 23:24 in context
22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
23Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
24Behold, 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.
25And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
26But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do?
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- drinkshâthâhto imbibeH8354 →
- blooddâmblood of man or an animalH1818 →
- lionlâbîyʼto roarH3833 →
- lionʼărîya lionH738 →
- preyṭerephsomething tornH2964 →
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Here is, I. Preparation made the second time, as before, for the cursing of Israel. 1. The place is changed, Num 23:13. Balak fancied that Balaam, having so full a prospect of the whole camp of Israel, from the top of the rocks (Num 23:9), was either so enamoured with the beauty of it that he would not curse them or…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 13-30