King James Version
Numbers 24:18 in the King James Version says “And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.”
Numbers 24:18 · KJV
He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:
I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth . smite: or, smite through the princes of
And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.
Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.
And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. the nations: the nations that warred against Israel that: or, even to destruction
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And Edom”
H123edom, the elder twin-brother of jacob; hence the region (idumaea) occupied by him
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“Seir”
H8165seir, a mountain of idumaea and its indigenous occupants, also one in palestine
“and Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
“valiantly”
H2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength
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