Numbers 23:9
 Numbers 23:9 
New International Version (© 2011)
From the rocky peaks I see them, from the heights I view them. I see a people who live apart and do not consider themselves one of the nations.

King James Bible
For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

American Standard Version
For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Young's Literal Translation
For from the top of rocks I see it, And from heights I behold it; Lo a people! alone it doth tabernacle, And among nations doth not reckon itself.

Numbers 23:9 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

From the top of the rocks I see him - That is, from the high places of Baal where he went, Numbers 22:41, that he might the more advantageously see the whole camp of Israel.

The people shall dwell alone - They shall ever be preserved as a distinct nation. This prophecy has been literally fulfilled through a period of 3300 years to the present day. This is truly astonishing.

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the people. They shall ever be a distinct nation. This prophecy has been literally fulfilled, through a period of

3300 years, to the present day. dwell alone

Exodus 19:5,6 Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people...

Exodus 33:16 For wherein shall it be known here that I and your people have found grace in your sight? is it not in that you go with us?...

Deuteronomy 33:28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be on a land of corn and wine...

Esther 3:8 And Haman said to king Ahasuerus...

2 Corinthians 6:17 Why come out from among them, and be you separate, said the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.

Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people...

shall not

Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam...

Ezra 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons...

Jeremiah 46:28 Fear you not, O Jacob my servant, said the LORD: for I am with you...

Amos 9:9 For, see, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve...

Romans 15:8-10 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers...

Ephesians 2:12-14 That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise...

Numbers 23:9 Parallel Commentaries
Alone Apart Consider Dwell Dwelling Dwells Heights Hills Itself Live Mountains Nations Numbered Peaks Reckon Reckoned Reckoning Rocks Rocky Separate Tabernacle Themselves View
Alone Apart Consider Dwell Dwelling Dwells Heights Hills Itself Live Mountains Nations Numbered Peaks Reckon Reckoned Reckoning Rocks Rocky Separate Tabernacle Themselves View
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Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
Deuteronomy 33:28 So Israel will live in safety; Jacob will dwell secure in a land of grain and new wine, where the heavens drop dew.
Jeremiah 49:31 "Arise and attack a nation at ease, which lives in confidence," declares the LORD, "a nation that has neither gates nor bars; its people live far from danger.