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Numbers 24:22

AsshurAsshurKain

20 Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

21 Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.

Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”

23 Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?

24 Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”
KJV
Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
WEB
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, until Asshur carries you away captive.”
ASV
Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
DARBY
But the Kenite shall be consumed, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
BLB
For nevertheless the Kenite shall be for burning, until when Asshur will take you captive.”
ÅB
men enda skal Kain[^4] bli ødelagt når Assur fører deg bort i fangenskap.
OTB
Likevel, kenittene vil bli ødelagt når Assur tar deg til fange."
B1930
men enda skal Kain bli ødelagt når Assur fører dig bort i fangenskap. / < kenittenes stamfar står i stedet for folket selv.>

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Cross references

  • Psalms 83:8

    Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah

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  • Genesis 10:11

    From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,

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  • Genesis 10:22

    The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.

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  • Ezra 4:2

    they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of the families, saying, “Let us build with you because, like you, we seek your God and have been sacrificing to Him since the time of King Esar-haddon of Assyria, who brought us here.”

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  • Hosea 14:3

    Assyria will not save us, nor will we ride on horses. We will never again say, ‘Our gods!’ to the work of our own hands. For in You the fatherless find compassion.”

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