Numbers 23:10
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23:10Who20 can count21 the dust22 of Jacob,
Or number23 the fourth part of Israel?
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- 20 The question is again rhetorical; it means no one can count them—they are innumerable.
- 21 The perfect tense can also be classified as a potential nuance. It does not occur very often, but does occur several times.
- 22 The reference in the oracle is back to Gen 13:16, which would not be clear to Balaam. But God had described their growth like the dust of the earth. Here it is part of the description of the vast numbers.
- 23 Heb “and as a number, the fourth part of Israel.” The noun in the is not in the construct state, and so it should be taken as an adverbial accusative, forming a parallel with the verb “count.” The second object of the verse then follows, “the fourth part of Israel.” and the have “and who has numbered” (וּמִסְפָּר, umispar), making this colon more parallel to the preceding one. The editor of prefers this reading.
- 24 The use of נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh) for the subject of the verb stresses the personal nature—me.
- 25 Here the seer’s words link with the promise of Gen 12:3, that whoever blesses Israel will be blessed. Since the blessing belongs to them, the upright (and not Balak), Balaam would like his lot to be with them.
- 26 Heb “my latter end.”
- 27 Heb “his.”
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,
and may my final end be like theirs!”
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Who has counted the dust of Jacob
or numbered even one-fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright;
let the end of my life be like theirs.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Who can count Jacob’s descendants, as numerous as dust?
Who can count even a fourth of Israel’s people?
Let me die like the righteous;
let my life end like theirs.”
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Who can count the dust of Jacob,
or as a number the fourth part of Israel?
Let my life die the death of an upright person,
and let my end be like his!”
Copyright 2012 Lexham Press
KJV 1900King James Version
Who can count the dust of Jacob,
And the number of the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,
And let my last end be like his!
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