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Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, Let my last end be like his!
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God's Unstoppable Promise
All commentators agree that Balaam's reference to the "dust of Jacob" is a direct, God-compelled affirmation of the covenant promise made to Abraham for innumerable descendants. Hired to curse, Balaam is forced to bless, showing that God's purposes for His people cannot be thwarted by human or spiritual opposition.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The fourth part of Israel—that is, each one of the four camps into which the host of Israel was divided (see Numbers 2), seemed to swarm wit…
19th Century
Anglican
Who can count the dust of Jacob?— These words point back to the promise made to Abraham: And I will make thy seed as the dust …
16th Century
Protestant
Who can count the dust of Jacob? Therefore, it is clear that what Balaam was to say was suggested to him by God, since he quotes the words…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Who can count, the dust of Jacob The people of Israel, their posterity so called, not because of their original, the dust of t…
With the camps of Israel in full view, Balaam ordered seven altars to be built, and a bullock and a ram to be offered on each. Oh, the foolishness …
