Numbers 24:8
God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath 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.
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Gill's Exposition
God brought him forth out of Egypt, he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn,.... Here he repeats what he had said in a former prophecy; see Gill on Num 23:22, he shall eat up the nations his…
The blessing itself which Balaam here pronounces upon Israel is much the same with the two we had in the foregoing chapter; but the introduction to it is different.
I. The method of proceeding here…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The first two lines are identical (with the exception of -him" for -them") with Num 23:22 (E); and in both traditions the words follow a reference to Israel's king, and precede the metaphor of the…
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