Numbers 24:18

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Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies. Seir ( Genesis 32:3 ), or Mount Seir ( Genesis 36:8 ), was the old name, still retained as an alternative, of Edom. It is uncertain whether the rendering "for his ( i.e; Edom's) enemies" is correct. The Hebrew is simply אֹיְבָיו , which may stand in apposition to Edom and Seir, "his enemies," i.e; the enemies of Israel. So the Septuagint, ἡσαῦ ὁ ἐχθρὸς αὐτοῦ . Shall do valiantly, or, "shall be prosperous" (cf. Deuteronomy 8:17 ; Ruth 4:11 ).

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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