Numbers 24:8
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God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros. They shall devour the nations that are his enemies, and break their bones, and pierce them with arrows.

couched

Genesis 49:9 Juda is a lion's whelp: to the prey, my son, thou art gone up: resting thou hast couched as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him?

Job 38:39,40 Wilt thou take the prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of her whelps, . . .

who shall

Numbers 23:24 Behold the people shall rise up as a lioness, and shall lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Job 41:10 I will not stir him up, like one that is cruel, for who can resist my countenance?

Psalm 2:12 Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord be angry, and you perish from the just way. [13] When his wrath shall be kindled in a short time, blessed are all they that trust in him.

blessed

Genesis 12:3 I will bless them that bless thee, and curse them that curse thee, and IN THEE shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.

Genesis 27:29 And let peoples serve thee, and tribes worship thee: be thou lord of thy brethren, and let thy mother's children bow down before thee. Cursed be he that curseth thee: and let him that blesseth thee be filled with blessings.

Psalm 122:6 Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee.

Matthew 25:40,45 And the king answering shall say to them: Amen I say to you, as long as you did it to one of these my least brethren, you did it to me. . . .

Acts 9:5 Who said: Who art thou, Lord? And he: I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. It is hard for thee to kick against the goad.

Context
Balaam's Third Oracle
7Water shall flow out of his bucket, and his seed shall be in many waters. For Agag his king shall be removed, and his kingdom shall be taken away. 8God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros. They shall devour the nations that are his enemies, and break their bones, and pierce them with arrows.9Lying down he hath slept as a lion, and as a lioness, whom none shall dare to rouse. He that blesseth thee, shall also himself be blessed: he that curseth thee shall be reckoned accursed.…
Cross References
Matthew 2:15
That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.

Numbers 23:22
God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros.

Numbers 23:24
Behold the people shall rise up as a lioness, and shall lift itself up as a lion: it shall not lie down till it devour the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.

Joshua 2:10
We have heard that the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea, at your going in, when you came out of Egypt: and what things you did to the two kings of the Amorrhites, that were beyond the Jordan, Sehon and Og whom you slew.

Psalm 2:9
Thou shalt rule them with a rod of iron, and shalt break them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Psalm 45:5
Thy arrows are sharp: under thee shall people fall, into the hearts of the king's enemies.

Lexicon
God
אֵ֚ל (’êl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

brought him
מוֹצִיא֣וֹ (mō·w·ṣî·’ōw)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

out of Egypt
מִמִּצְרַ֔יִם (mim·miṣ·ra·yim)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa

with strength
כְּתוֹעֲפֹ֥ת (kə·ṯō·w·‘ă·p̄ōṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 8443: Weariness, toil, speed

like a wild ox,
רְאֵ֖ם (rə·’êm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7214: A wild bull

to devour
יֹאכַ֞ל (yō·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 398: To eat

hostile
צָרָ֗יו (ṣā·rāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6862: Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent

nations
גּוֹיִ֣ם (gō·w·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

and crush
יְגָרֵ֖ם (yə·ḡā·rêm)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1633: To bone, denude, the bones

their bones,
וְעַצְמֹתֵיהֶ֛ם (wə·‘aṣ·mō·ṯê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

to pierce them
יִמְחָֽץ׃ (yim·ḥāṣ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4272: To dash asunder, to crush, smash, violently plunge, to subdue, destroy

with arrows.
וְחִצָּ֥יו (wə·ḥiṣ·ṣāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear


Additional Translations
God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.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.

God bringeth him forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And smite them through with his arrows.

God led him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn: he shall consume the nations of his enemies, and he shall drain their marrow, and with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy.

God brought him out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo. He shall consume the nations his enemies, and break their bones, and with his arrows shall smite [them] in pieces.

God bringeth him forth out of Egypt; He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox: He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces, And smite them through with his arrows.

God brought him forth from Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of a unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows.

God brings him out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox. He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, shall break their bones in pieces, and pierce them with his arrows.

God is bringing him out of Egypt; As the swiftness of a Reem is to him, He eateth up nations his adversaries, And their bones he breaketh, And with his arrows he smiteth,
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