The Messiah

The Messiah

A Star out of Jacob

Balaam's Fourth Oracle

Numbers

15 Then he uttered his oracle:

"The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,

the oracle of one whose eye sees clearly,
16 the oracle of one who hears the words of God,

who has knowledge from the Most High,

who sees a vision from the Almighty,

who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:
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 [b] of [c] all the sons of Sheth. [d]
18 Edom will be conquered;

Seir, his enemy, will be conquered,

but Israel will grow strong.
19 A ruler will come out of Jacob

and destroy the survivors of the city."