Numbers 23:24

New American Standard Bible 2020

“Behold, a people rises like a lioness, And like a lion it raises itself; It will not lie down until it devours the prey, And drinks the blood of those slain.”

Cross References

Genesis 49:27

¶“Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoils.”

Genesis 49:9

“Judah is a lion’s cub; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who dares to stir him up?

1 Kings 10:20

Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom.

2 Chronicles 9:18

There were six steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms.

Psalm 17:12

He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in secret places.

Proverbs 30:30

The lion, which is mighty among animals And does not retreat from anything,

Isaiah 31:4

¶For this is what the Lord says to me: “As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey, Against which a band of shepherds is called out, And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise, So will the Lord of armies come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill.”

Daniel 2:44

And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever.

Amos 3:8

A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken! Who can do anything but prophesy?

Nahum 2:11

Where is the den of the lions And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion, lioness, and lion’s cub went With nothing to disturb them?

Nahum 2:12

The lion tore enough for his cubs, Killed enough prey for his lionesses, And filled his lairs with prey And his dens with torn flesh.

Zechariah 12:6

“On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the inhabitants of Jerusalem again live on their own sites in Jerusalem.

Numbers 23:25

Then Balak said to Balaam, “Do not curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

Numbers 24:17

I see him, but not now; I look at him, but not near; A star shall appear from Jacob, A scepter shall rise from Israel, And shall smash the forehead of Moab, And overcome all the sons of Sheth.

Deuteronomy 33:20

Of Gad he said, “Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad; He lies down as a lion, And tears the arm, also the crown of the head.

Revelation 5:5

And one of the elders *said to me, “Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to be able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”