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Israel is doing valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“And Edom shall be a possession; Seir also, his enemies, shall be a possession, While Israel does valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“And Edom shall be a possession, Seir, its enemies, also will be a possession, While Israel performs valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Edom shall be a possession, Seir, its enemies, also will be a possession, While Israel performs valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And Edom shall be a possession, Seir, its enemies, also shall be a possession, While Israel performs valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Edom shall be a possession, Seir, its enemies, also will be a possession, While Israel performs valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Edom shall be [taken as] a possession, [Mount] Seir, Israel’s enemies, also will be a possession, While Israel performs valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Edom will become a possession; Seir will become a possession of its enemies, but Israel will be triumphant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Edom will become a possession; Seir will become a possession of its enemies, but Israel will be triumphant. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, who were his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Israel will conquer Edom and capture the land of that enemy nation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, which were his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Edom will be conquered, and Seir, his enemy, will be conquered. So Israel will become wealthy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />He will conquer his enemies in Edom And make their land his property, While Israel continues victorious. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Edom will be a conquered nation and Seir will be Israel's defeated foe, while Israel performs valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Edom will be a possession, Seir, his enemies, will also be a possession; but Israel will act valiantly. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemies, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Edom shall be a possession. Seir, his enemy, also shall be a possession, while Israel does valiantly. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Edom has been a possession, "" And Seir has been a possession [for] his enemies, "" And Israel is doing valiantly;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Edom hath been a possession, And Seir hath been a possession, for its enemies, And Israel is doing valiantly;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Edom was an inheritance, and the inheritance of Seir was his enemies; and Israel did in strength.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And he shall possess Idumea: the inheritance of Seir shall come to their enemies, but Israel shall do manfully <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And he shall possess Idumea; the inheritance of Seir shall fall to their enemies. Yet truly, Israel shall act with strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Edom will be dispossessed, and no survivor is left in Seir. Israel will act boldly, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Edom will become a possession, Seir a possession of its enemies, while Israel does valiantly.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And Edom shall be his possession; Seir, also the possession of his enemies, shall be his; and Israel shall gain strength.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Adum shall be his inheritance and Seir the inheritance of his enemies will be his, and Israel will possess the power.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also, even his enemies, shall be a possession; While Israel doeth valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance <i>of Israel</i>, and Israel wrought valiantly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/24-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=7666" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/24.htm">Balaam's Fourth Oracle</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/123.htm" title="123: ’ĕ·ḏō·wm (N-proper-ms) -- The name of a condiment. Or oedowm; from 'adom; red; Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob; hence the region occupied by him.">Edom</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will become</a> <a href="/hebrew/3424.htm" title="3424: yə·rê·šāh (N-fs) -- Possession. From yarash; occupancy.">a possession,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3424.htm" title="3424: yə·rê·šāh (N-fs) -- Possession. From yarash; occupancy.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will</a> <a href="/hebrew/8165.htm" title="8165: śê·‘îr (N-proper-fs) -- Formed like sa'iyr; rough; Seir, a mountain of Idumaea and its aboriginal occupants, also one in Palestine.">Seir,</a> <a href="/hebrew/341.htm" title="341: ’ō·yə·ḇāw (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 3ms) -- Hating, an adversary. Or owyeb; active participle of 'ayab; hating; an adversary.">his enemy;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: wə·yiś·rā·’êl (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">but Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ō·śeh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">will perform</a> <a href="/hebrew/2428.htm" title="2428: ḥā·yil (N-ms) -- From chuwl; probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength.">with valor.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/obadiah/1-19.htm">Obadiah 1:19</a></span><br />Those from the Negev will possess the mountains of Esau; those from the foothills will possess the land of the Philistines. They will occupy the fields of Ephraim and Samaria, and Benjamin will possess Gilead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/11-14.htm">Isaiah 11:14</a></span><br />They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines to the west; together they will plunder the sons of the east. They will lay their hands on Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be subject to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-12.htm">Amos 9:12</a></span><br />that they may possess the remnant of Edom and all the nations that bear My name,” declares the LORD, who will do this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/60-8.htm">Psalm 60:8</a></span><br />Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/108-9.htm">Psalm 108:9</a></span><br />Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/49-7.htm">Jeremiah 49:7-22</a></span><br />Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed? / Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him. / If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/25-12.htm">Ezekiel 25:12-14</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because Edom acted vengefully against the house of Judah, and in so doing incurred grievous guilt, / therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off from it both man and beast. I will make it a wasteland, and from Teman to Dedan they will fall by the sword. / I will take My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they will deal with Edom according to My anger and wrath. Then they will know My vengeance, declares the Lord GOD.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-6</a></span><br />When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1</a></span><br />Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/3-19.htm">Joel 3:19</a></span><br />Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-4.htm">Malachi 1:4</a></span><br />Though Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/21-11.htm">Isaiah 21:11-12</a></span><br />This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?” / The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-1.htm">Isaiah 34:1-17</a></span><br />Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it. / The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. / Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-1.htm">Isaiah 63:1-6</a></span><br />Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.” / Why are Your clothes red, and Your garments like one who treads the winepress? / “I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-6.htm">Matthew 2:6</a></span><br />‘But you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will be the shepherd of My people Israel.’”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.</p><p class="hdg">Of Jacob</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/49-10.htm">Genesis 49:10</a></b></br> The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him <i>shall</i> the gathering of the people <i>be</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/2-1.htm">Psalm 2:1-12</a></b></br> Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/72-10.htm">Psalm 72:10,11</a></b></br> The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts… </p><p class="hdg">shall destroy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/21-7.htm">Psalm 21:7-10</a></b></br> For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/25-46.htm">Matthew 25:46</a></b></br> And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/luke/19-12.htm">Luke 19:12,27</a></b></br> He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/14-7.htm">Conquered</a> <a href="/numbers/21-32.htm">Dispossessed</a> <a href="/numbers/24-14.htm">End</a> <a href="/numbers/24-10.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/numbers/10-9.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/numbers/21-35.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/numbers/24-17.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/numbers/23-10.htm">Last</a> <a href="/revelation/13-13.htm">Performs</a> <a href="/numbers/21-35.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/genesis/36-30.htm">Seir</a> <a href="/genesis/36-30.htm">Se'ir</a> <a href="/numbers/21-27.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-29.htm">Valiantly</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/32-4.htm">Conquered</a> <a href="/numbers/32-21.htm">Dispossessed</a> <a href="/numbers/24-20.htm">End</a> <a href="/numbers/25-17.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/numbers/35-23.htm">Enemy</a> <a href="/numbers/26-53.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/numbers/24-19.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-16.htm">Last</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-7.htm">Performs</a> <a href="/numbers/26-56.htm">Possession</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-2.htm">Seir</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-2.htm">Se'ir</a> <a href="/numbers/24-21.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/1_samuel/14-48.htm">Valiantly</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/24-1.htm">Balaam, leaving divinations, prophesies the happiness of Israel</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/24-10.htm">Balak, in anger, dismisses him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/24-15.htm">He prophesies of the Star of Jacob, and the destruction of some nations</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Edom will become a possession</b><br>Edom, the nation descended from Esau, Jacob's brother, often found itself in conflict with Israel. Historically, Edom was located southeast of Israel, in what is now southern Jordan. The prophecy of Edom becoming a possession reflects the ongoing tension and eventual subjugation of Edom by Israel. This is seen in the reign of King David, who conquered Edom (<a href="/2_samuel/8-14.htm">2 Samuel 8:14</a>). Theologically, Edom often symbolizes opposition to God's people, and its subjugation represents the triumph of God's purposes.<p><b>as will Seir, his enemy</b><br>Seir is another name for the mountainous region inhabited by the Edomites. The mention of Seir emphasizes the complete domination over Edom. In biblical history, Seir is frequently associated with Esau and his descendants (<a href="/genesis/36-8.htm">Genesis 36:8-9</a>). The reference to Seir as "his enemy" underscores the adversarial relationship between Edom and Israel. This enmity is rooted in the familial conflict between Jacob and Esau, which extended to their descendants.<p><b>but Israel will perform with valor</b><br>This phrase highlights the strength and courage of Israel, often attributed to their reliance on God. The valor of Israel is not merely military might but also spiritual fortitude. Throughout the Old Testament, Israel's victories are often depicted as acts of divine intervention rather than human strength (<a href="/exodus/14-14.htm">Exodus 14:14</a>, <a href="/joshua/6.htm">Joshua 6</a>). This valor is a foreshadowing of the ultimate victory of God's people, culminating in the messianic hope found in Jesus Christ, who embodies the true Israel and achieves victory over sin and death.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/edom.htm">Edom</a></b><br>A nation descended from Esau, Jacob's brother. Historically, Edom was often in conflict with Israel. The prophecy of Edom's conquest signifies the triumph of God's chosen people over their adversaries.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/seir.htm">Seir</a></b><br>A mountainous region associated with Edom. The mention of Seir emphasizes the complete subjugation of Edom, as Seir was a central part of Edomite territory.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, descended from Jacob. The prophecy foretells Israel's strength and victory, symbolizing God's favor and the fulfillment of His promises.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/balaam.htm">Balaam</a></b><br>A prophet who, despite being hired to curse Israel, delivers a series of blessings and prophecies concerning Israel's future, including this one about Edom and Seir.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/balak.htm">Balak</a></b><br>The Moabite king who hired Balaam to curse Israel. His plans are thwarted as Balaam speaks God's words of blessing over Israel instead.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_faithfulness.htm">God's Sovereignty and Faithfulness</a></b><br>God's plans and purposes prevail despite human intentions. Balaam's prophecy demonstrates that God's word will be fulfilled, and His promises to His people are sure.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_opposition_to_god's_people.htm">The Consequences of Opposition to God's People</a></b><br>Edom's eventual subjugation serves as a warning against opposing God's chosen people. It highlights the futility of resisting God's will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/strength_in_god's_promises.htm">Strength in God's Promises</a></b><br>Israel's prophesied strength is a reminder that true strength comes from reliance on God's promises. Believers today can find confidence in God's faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience_and_trust.htm">The Importance of Obedience and Trust</a></b><br>Just as Israel was called to trust in God's deliverance, Christians are called to live in obedience and trust in God's plan for their lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_obadiah_1_18_conflict_with_edomite_history.htm">How does Obadiah 1:18 align with or conflict against evidence of Edomite survival or assimilation in later history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_edom_denying_israel_passage.htm">Numbers 20:14-21 - Is there any historical or archaeological evidence supporting Edom's refusal to allow Israel passage?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_renew_israel's_covenant.htm">How can God renew a covenant with Israel in Jeremiah 3:1-8 despite Deuteronomy 24:1-4 forbidding reunions after divorce?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_the_law_of_moses_useful_or_not.htm">Is the law of Moses useful? Yes. All scripture is... profitable... (2 Timothy 3:16) No. . . . A former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness... (Hebrews 7:18)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also . . . --</span>Better, <span class= "ital">And Edom shall be a possession, and Seir shall be a possession, for his enemies </span>(<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>the enemies of Israel, or, rather, of the Ruler who was to rise out of Israel). The Hebrew word (<span class= "ital">oyebaiv</span>) which is rendered "his enemies" appears to stand in apposition to Edom and Seir, as the word <span class= "ital">zaraiv </span>(his enemies, or adversaries) in <a href="/numbers/24-8.htm" title="God brought him forth out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.">Numbers 24:8</a> to "the nations." Edom was the name of the people, Seir of the country. (See <a href="/genesis/32-3.htm" title="And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, the country of Edom.">Genesis 32:3</a>.) The prophecy received its primary accomplishment in the time of David (<a href="/2_samuel/8-14.htm" title="And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.">2Samuel 8:14</a>), but the ultimate accomplishment is to be found in the person and work of Christ (<a href="/context/isaiah/63-1.htm" title="Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.">Isaiah 63:1-4</a>).<p><span class= "bld">And Israel shall do valiantly.--</span>Or, <span class= "ital">shall acquire power or wealth. </span>(Comp. <a href="/context/deuteronomy/8-17.htm" title="And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.">Deuteronomy 8:17-18</a>; <a href="/ruth/4-11.htm" title="And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do you worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem:">Ruth 4:11</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies.</span> Seir (<a href="/genesis/32-3.htm">Genesis 32:3</a>), or Mount Seir (<a href="/genesis/36-8.htm">Genesis 36:8</a>), was the old name, still retained as an alternative, of Edom. It is uncertain whether the rendering "for his (<span class="accented">i.e.</span>, Edom's) enemies" is correct. The Hebrew is simply <span class="hebrew">אֹיְבָיו</span>, which may stand in apposition to Edom and Seir, "his enemies," <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, the enemies of Israel. So the Septuagint, <span class="greek">Ησαῦ ὁ ἐχθρὸς αὐτοῦ</span>. Shall do valiantly, or, "shall be prosperous" (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/8-17.htm">Deuteronomy 8:17</a>; <a href="/ruth/4-11.htm">Ruth 4:11</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/24-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Edom</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱד֜וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·ḏō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_123.htm">Strong's 123: </a> </span><span class="str2">The name of a condiment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will become</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיָ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a possession,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרֵשָׁ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rê·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3424.htm">Strong's 3424: </a> </span><span class="str2">Possession</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Seir</span><br /><span class="heb">שֵׂעִ֖יר</span> <span class="translit">(śê·‘îr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8165.htm">Strong's 8165: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seir -- a mountain range in Edom, also its inhabitants, also a mountain in Judah</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will be</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיָ֧ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">owned</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרֵשָׁ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rê·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3424.htm">Strong's 3424: </a> </span><span class="str2">Possession</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by his enemies,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹיְבָ֑יו</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·yə·ḇāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_341.htm">Strong's 341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hating, an adversary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but Israel</span><br /><span class="heb">וְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will perform</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹ֥שֶׂה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with valor.</span><br /><span class="heb">חָֽיִל׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·yil)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2428.htm">Strong's 2428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A force, an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/24-18.htm">Numbers 24:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/24-18.htm">Numbers 24:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/24-18.htm">Numbers 24:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/24-18.htm">Numbers 24:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/24-18.htm">Numbers 24:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/24-18.htm">Numbers 24:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/24-18.htm">Numbers 24:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/24-18.htm">Numbers 24:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/24-18.htm">Numbers 24:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/24-18.htm">Numbers 24:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/24-18.htm">OT Law: Numbers 24:18 Edom shall be a possession (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/24-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 24:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 24:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/24-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 24:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 24:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>