John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 24:8

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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God brought him forth out of Egypt, he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn, etc.] Here he repeats what he had said in a former prophecy, (see Gill on “<042322>Numbers 23:22”): he shall eat up the nations his enemies: the seven nations of Canaan, which should be subdued by Israel, and that with as much ease as a lion devours its prey; nor would the Canaanites be able to make any more resistance to them than a creature in the paws of a lion; and the phrase denotes the utter destruction of them: and shall break their bones; as the lion breaks the bones of such creatures that fall a prey to him; signifying that all their strength should be taken from them, their mighty men slain, and their fortified cities taken: and pierce [them] through with his arrows: slay them utterly.

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