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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 24:19

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John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, etc.] Meaning either David, or rather the Messiah; and so Jarchi interprets this of another ruler out of Jacob, even of the Messiah, of whom it is said, he shall have dominion from sea to sea; (<197208>Psalm 72:8), and shall destroy him, that remaineth of the city; chief city of Edom, or of any of the cities of it, signifying that there should be none left, (see Obidiah 1:18), this is also applied to the days of the Messiah, in the ancient writings of the Jews f396.
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