17 I see him,[a] but not now;
I perceive him,[b] but not near.
A star will come from Jacob,
and a scepter will arise from Israel.(A)
He will smash the forehead[c] of Moab
and strike down[d] all the Shethites.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:17 Or Him
  2. Numbers 24:17 Or Him
  3. Numbers 24:17 Or frontiers
  4. Numbers 24:17 Sam reads and the skulls of; Jr 48:45
  5. Numbers 24:17 Or Sethites

17 “I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near.(A)
A star will come out of Jacob;(B)
    a scepter will rise out of Israel.(C)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,(D)
    the skulls[a](E) of[b] all the people of Sheth.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:17 Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Jer. 48:45); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
  2. Numbers 24:17 Or possibly Moab, / batter
  3. Numbers 24:17 Or all the noisy boasters