What happensPermalink
Balaam blesses Israel two more times, comparing the Promised Land to the Garden of Eden and prophesying their defeat of the Edomites, the Moabites, the Amalekites, and the Philistines.
Why it mattersPermalink
Balaam says, “a scepter shall rise out of Israel,” probably referring to King David, who did later defeat those nations Balaam mentions. Prophesies of David frequently also refer to Jesus, who defeated the spiritual enemies of the people of God.
Key versePermalink
“Water shall flow from his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters; his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted.”