Numbers 24:8

God's Word

The God who brought them out of Egypt has the strength of a wild bull. He will devour nations that are his enemies, crush their bones, and pierce them with arrows.

Cross References

Psalm 2:9

You will break them with an iron scepter. You will smash them to pieces like pottery.”

Psalm 21:12

They turn their backs ⌞and flee⌟ because you aim your bow at their faces.

Psalm 45:5

Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies. Nations fall beneath you.

Psalm 45:6

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter in your kingdom is a scepter for justice.

Exodus 23:22

But if you will listen to him and do everything I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an opponent to your opponents.

Isaiah 38:13

I cried out until morning as if a lion had crushed all my bones. You ended my life in one day.

Jeremiah 50:17

“The people of Israel are like scattered sheep that lions have chased. The first to devour them was the king of Assyria. The last to gnaw at their bones was King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.

Jeremiah 50:9

I am going to stir up an alliance of strong nations from the north and bring it against Babylon. Those nations will take up positions against Babylon. Babylon will be captured from the north. Its enemy’s arrows will be like skilled soldiers who don’t come back empty-handed.

Daniel 6:24

The king ordered those men who had brought charges against Daniel to be brought to him. They, their wives, and their children were thrown into the lions’ den. Before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions attacked them and crushed all their bones.

Numbers 14:9

Don’t rebel against the Lord, and don’t be afraid of the people of the land. We will devour them like bread. They have no protection, and the Lord is with us. So don’t be afraid of them.”

Numbers 21:5

and criticized God and Moses. They said, “Why did you make us leave Egypt—just to let us die in the desert? There’s no bread or water, and we can’t stand this awful food!”

Numbers 23:22

The God who brought them out of Egypt has the strength of a wild bull.

Numbers 23:24

Here is a nation that attacks like a lioness and is as ferocious as a lion. It doesn’t lie down until it eats its prey and drinks the blood of its victim.”

Matthew 2:15

He stayed there until Herod died. What the Lord had spoken through the prophet came true: “I have called my son out of Egypt.”

Deuteronomy 32:23

I will bring one disaster after another on them. I will use up all my arrows on them.

Deuteronomy 32:42

My arrows will drip with blood from those who were killed and taken captive. My sword will cut off the heads of the enemy who vowed to fight.

Deuteronomy 7:1

The Lord your God will bring you to the land you’re about to enter and take possession of. He will force many nations out of your way: the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—seven nations larger and more powerful than you.

Joshua 2:10

We’ve heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea in front of you when you left Egypt. We’ve also heard what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites, who ruled east of the Jordan River. We’ve heard how you destroyed them for the Lord.