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Numbers 23

Num. 23:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
shall rise up
quwm (Hebrew #6965)
to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
KJV usage: abide, accomplish, X be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, X be dim, endure, X enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, X but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-)rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-)stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, - rising).
Pronounce: koom
Origin: a primitive root
d as a great lion
labiy' (Hebrew #3833)
irreg. masculine plural lbaviym {leb-aw-eem'}; irreg. feminine plural lbaeowth {leb-aw-oth'}; from an unused root men. to roar; a lion (properly, a lioness as the fiercer (although not a roarer; compare 738))
KJV usage: (great, old, stout) lion, lioness, young (lion).
Pronounce: law-bee'
Origin: or (Ezek. 19:2) lbiyao {leb-ee-yaw'}
, and lift up
nasa' (Hebrew #5375)
a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
KJV usage: accept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable (+ man), lade, lay, lift (self) up, lofty, marry, magnify, X needs, obtain, pardon, raise (up), receive, regard, respect, set (up), spare, stir up, + swear, take (away, up), X utterly, wear, yield.
Pronounce: naw-saw'
Origin: or nacah (Psalm 4 : 6 (7)) {naw-saw'}
himself as a young lion
'ariy (Hebrew #738)
from 717 (in the sense of violence); a lion
KJV usage: (young) lion, + pierce (from the margin).
Pronounce: ar-ee'
Origin: or (prolonged) earyeh {ar-yay'}
: he shall not lie down
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
e until he eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
of the prey
tereph (Hebrew #2964)
something torn, i.e. a fragment, e.g. a fresh leaf, prey, food
KJV usage: leaf, meat, prey, spoil.
Pronounce: teh'-ref
Origin: from 2963
, and drink
shathah (Hebrew #8354)
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X assuredly, banquet, X certainly, drink(-er, -ing), drunk (X -ard), surely. (Prop. intensive of 8248.)
Pronounce: shaw-thaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the blood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
of the slain
chalal (Hebrew #2491)
pierced (especially to death); figuratively, polluted
KJV usage: kill, profane, slain (man), X slew, (deadly) wounded.
Pronounce: khaw-lawl'
Origin: from 2490
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Gen. 49:9• 9Judah [is] a lion's whelp. From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stoopeth, he coucheth as a lion, and as a lioness: who will rouse him up? (Gen. 49:9)
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Mic. 5:8• 8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. (Mic. 5:8)
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Gen. 49:27• 27Benjamin [is] a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and in the evening he shall divide the spoil. (Gen. 49:27)

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as a great.
Num. 24:8‑9• 8God brought him forth out of Egypt; {i}{HR}He hath as it were the strength of a buffalo.{HR}He shall consume the nations his enemies,{HR}And break their bones,{HR}And with his arrows shall smite them in pieces.{HR}{/i}
 9{i}He stooped, he lay down like a lion,{HR}And like a lioness: who will stir him up?{HR}Blessed is he that blesseth thee,{HR}And cursed is he that curseth thee.{/i} (Num. 24:8‑9)
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Gen. 49:9• 9Judah [is] a lion's whelp. From the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stoopeth, he coucheth as a lion, and as a lioness: who will rouse him up? (Gen. 49:9)
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Deut. 33:20• 20And of Gad he said,{HR}Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad:{HR}He dwelleth as a lioness,{HR}And teareth the arm,{HR}Also the crown of the head. (Deut. 33:20)
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Psa. 17:12• 12His likeness [is] as a lion;{HR}He longeth to tear in pieces,{HR}And as a young lion sitting in secret places. (Psa. 17:12)
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Prov. 30:30• 30{i}The lion, mighty among beasts,{HR}Which turneth not away for any;{HR}{/i} (Prov. 30:30)
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Isa. 31:4• 4For thus saith Jehovah unto me, Like as the lion growleth, and the young lion over his prey, if a multitude of shepherds be called forth against him, he will not be dismayed at their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so will Jehovah of hosts come down to war upon mount Zion, and upon the hill thereof. (Isa. 31:4)
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Amos 3:8• 8The lion hath roared, who will not fear? The Lord Jehovah hath spoken, who can but prophesy? (Amos 3:8)
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Rev. 5:5• 5And one of the elders saith to me, Weep not: behold, the lion hath overcome that is of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, that openeth the book and the seven seals thereof. (Rev. 5:5)
he shall.
Num. 24:17• 17I shall see him, but not now:{HR}I shall behold him, but not nigh.{HR}There shall come a Star out of Jacob,{HR}And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel,{HR}And shall smite the corners of Moab,{HR}And destroy all the children of Sheth. (Num. 24:17)
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Gen. 49:27• 27Benjamin [is] a wolf that raveneth; in the morning he shall devour the prey, and in the evening he shall divide the spoil. (Gen. 49:27)
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Dan. 2:44• 44And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever. (Dan. 2:44)
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Mic. 5:8‑9• 8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
 9Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. (Mic. 5:8‑9)
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Zech. 10:4‑5• 4Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
 5And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, {i}for Jehovah is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame.{/i} (Zech. 10:4‑5)
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Zech. 12:6• 6In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. (Zech. 12:6)
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Rev. 19:11‑21• 11And I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called faithful and true, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
 12His eyes {i}were{/i} [as] a flame of fire, and upon his head {i}were{/i} many diadems; he had [names written and] a name written which no one knoweth but he himself;
 13and he {i}was{/i} clothed with a garment dyed with blood: and his name is called THE WORD OF GOD.
 14And the armies that are in the heaven followed him upon white horses, clad in white pure fine linen.
 15And out of his mouth proceeded a [two-edged] sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with an iron rod: and he treadeth the winepress of the wine of the indignation of the wrath of God the Almighty.
 16And he hath upon the garment and upon his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
 17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in mid-heaven, Come, gather yourselves together unto the great supper of God;
 18that ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of chiliarchs, and the flesh of strong {i}men{/i}, and the flesh of horses, and of those that sit on them, and the flesh of all, both free and bond, and both little and great.
 19And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war with him that sat on the horse and with his army.
 20And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought the signs before him, with which he deceived those that had received the mark of the beast and those that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone.
 21And the rest were slain with the sword of him that sat on the horse ( {i}the sword{/i} that came forth out of his mouth; and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. (Rev. 19:11‑21)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Lo, the people will rise up as a lioness, and lift himself up as a lion. He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain.

W. Kelly Translation

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Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion,{HR}And lift up himself as a young lion;{HR}He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,{HR}And drink the blood of the slain.