Numbers 23:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

Who can count. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

the number of. Who can number? Figure of speech Erotesis (App-6). So with Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint. The word "number" is thought by Ginsburg to be an abbreviation of two words. "Who can number? "

me die. my soul die. Hebrew. nephesh. See App-13.

righteous. upright. To die the death of the righteous one must have the righteousness of the righteous.

last end. latter end,. e. issue or reward.

Numbers 23:10

10 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!