Numbers 23:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!””
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“Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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!”
King James Version · Public Domain“Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Who hath counted the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of upright ones, And let my last end be like his!'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Numbers 23:10 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 13:16I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
- Genesis 22:17I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
- Genesis 28:14Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and east and north and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your offspring.
- Numbers 2:9The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Judah is 186,400; they shall set out first.
- Numbers 2:16The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Reuben is 151,450; they shall set out second.
- Numbers 2:24The total number of men in the divisions of the camp of Ephraim is 108,100; they shall set out third.
- Numbers 2:31The total number of men in the camp of Dan is 157,600; they shall set out last, under their standards.”
- Numbers 31:8Among the slain were Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba—the five kings of Midian. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword.
- Psalms 37:37Consider the blameless and observe the upright, for posterity awaits the man of peace.
- Psalms 116:15Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of His saints.
- Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
- Isaiah 57:1The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are swept away, while no one considers that the righteous are guided from the presence of evil.
- Luke 2:29“Sovereign Lord, as You have promised, You now dismiss Your servant in peace.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21Therefore, stop boasting in men. All things are yours,
- 1 Corinthians 15:53For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.
- 2 Corinthians 5:1Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
- Philippians 1:21For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
- 2 Timothy 4:6For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
- 2 Peter 1:13I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the tent of my body,
- Revelation 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
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