Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation From the high rocks I can see them; I can watch them from the hills. They are a nation that lives alone; They know they are blessed more than other nations. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. the people. 3300 years, to the present day. dwell alone Exodus 19:5,6 If therefore you will hear my voice, and keep my covenant, you shall be my peculiar possession above all people: for all the earth is mine. . . . Exodus 33:16 For how shall we be able to know, I and thy people, that we have found grace in thy sight, unless thou walk with us, that we may be glorified by all people that dwell upon the earth? Deuteronomy 33:28 Israel shall dwell in safety, and alone. The eye of Jacob in a land of corn and wine, and the heavens shall be misty with dew. Esther 3:8 And Aman said to king Assuerus: There is a people scattered through all the provinces of thy kingdom, and separated one from another, that use new laws and ceremonies, and moreover despise the king's ordinances: and thou knowest very well that it is not expedient for thy kingdom that they should grow insolent by impunity. 2 Corinthians 6:17 Wherefore: Go out from among them and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity and might cleanse to himself a people acceptable, a pursuer of good works. 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen generation, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a purchased people: that you may declare his virtues, who hath called you out of darkness into his marvelous light: shall not Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel. Ezra 9:2 For they have taken of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, and they have mingled the holy seed with the people of the lands. And the hand of the princes and magistrates hath been first in this transgression. Jeremiah 46:28 And thou, my servant Jacob, fear not, saith the Lord: because I am with thee, for I will consume all the nations to which I have cast thee out: but thee I will not consume, but I will correct thee in judgment, neither will I spare thee as if thou wert innocent. Amos 9:9 Behold the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth: but yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the Lord. Romans 15:8-10 For I say that Christ Jesus was minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: . . . Ephesians 2:12-14 That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise and without God in this world. . . . Context Balaam's First Oracle…8How shall I curse him, whom God hath not cursed? By what means should I detest him, whom the Lord detesteth not? 9I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.10Who can count the dust of Jacob, and know the number of the stock of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the just, and my last end be like to them.… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:8 When the Most High divided the nations: when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the bounds of people according to the number of the children of Israel. Deuteronomy 33:28 Israel shall dwell in safety, and alone. The eye of Jacob in a land of corn and wine, and the heavens shall be misty with dew. Jeremiah 49:31 Arise, and go up to a nation that is at ease, and that dwelleth securely, saith the Lord: they have neither gates, nor bars: they dwell alone. Jump to Previous Alone Apart Consider Dwell Dwelling Dwells Heights Hills Itself Live Mountains Nations Numbered Peaks Reckon Reckoned Reckoning Rocks Rocky Separate Tabernacle Themselves ViewJump to Next Alone Apart Consider Dwell Dwelling Dwells Heights Hills Itself Live Mountains Nations Numbered Peaks Reckon Reckoned Reckoning Rocks Rocky Separate Tabernacle Themselves ViewLinks Numbers 23:9 NIVNumbers 23:9 NLT Numbers 23:9 ESV Numbers 23:9 NASB Numbers 23:9 Bible Apps Numbers 23:9 Biblia Paralela Numbers 23:9 Chinese Bible Numbers 23:9 French Bible Numbers 23:9 German Bible Alphabetical: a among and apart As at be Behold consider do dwells From heights hills him I live look nations not of one peaks people reckoned rocks rocky see the them themselves top view who will OT Law: Numbers 23:9 For from the top of the rocks (Nu Num.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |