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Numbers 24:23 Cross-References
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“And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!”
Numbers 24:23 (KJV)
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Commentary on Numbers 24:23
And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!—Balaam's exclamation (אוֹי מִי יִחְיֶה מִשֻּׂמוֹ אֵל oy mi yichyeh mishumo El, 'Woe! Who shall live when God sets this?') responds to the cosmic scope of coming judgments. The rhetorical question who shall live (מִי יִחְיֶה) expresses horror at God's sovereign orchestration (שׂוּם אֵל sum El, 'God's setting/appointing') of international upheavals involving Assyria, Kittim (ships from Cyprus/Mediterranean, v.24), and multiple nations.This verse anticipates the biblical theme of God's sovereign direction of history t...
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Cross-References for Numbers 24:23
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“What has God done!”
“captain of the army of the king of Syria”