Numbers 24:17

Numbers 23 Numbers 25

Numbers 24:17 New International Version (NIV)

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

Footnotes:

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

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Numbers 24:19

Numbers 23 Numbers 25

Numbers 24:19 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁹A ruler will come out of Jacob
and destroy the survivors of the city.”

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Judges 1:1-2

Joshua 24 Judges 2

Judges 1:1-2 New International Version (NIV)

Israel Fights the Remaining Canaanites

1 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord, “Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Canaanites?”

²The Lord answered, “Judah shall go up; I have given the land into their hands.”

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Judges 20:18

Judges 19 Judges 21

Judges 20:18 New International Version (NIV)

¹⁸The Israelites went up to Bethel^[a] and inquired of God. They said, “Who of us is to go up first to fight against the Benjamites?”

The Lord replied, “Judah shall go first.”

Footnotes:

Judges 20:18 Or to the house of God; also in verse 26

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1 Chronicles 5:2

1 Chronicles 4 1 Chronicles 6

1 Chronicles 5:2 New International Version (NIV)

²and though Judah was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler came from him, the rights of the firstborn belonged to Joseph)—

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1 Chronicles 28:4

1 Chronicles 27 1 Chronicles 29

1 Chronicles 28:4 New International Version (NIV)

⁴“Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me from my whole family to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.