Numbers 24:7-9

Contemporary English Version

⁷You and your descendants
will prosper like an orchard
    beside a stream.
Your king will rule with power
and be a greater king
    than Agag the Amalekite.^[a]
⁸With the strength of a wild ox,
    God led you out of Egypt.
You will defeat your enemies,
shooting them with arrows^[b]
    and crushing their bones.
⁹^(A) Like a lion you lie down,
    resting after an attack.
Who would dare disturb you?

“Anyone who blesses you
will be blessed;
anyone who curses you
will be cursed.”

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Footnotes

24.7 Agag the Amalekite: The Amalekites were longtime enemies of the Israelites (see Exodus 17.8-16), and Agag was one of their most powerful kings.
24.8 shooting them with arrows: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.