Num 24:23-24 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Num 24:23-24: 24:23-24 The oracle ends with a word about the rise and fall of invaders from Cyprus (Hebrew Kittim ; this term probably referred to a number of Mediterranean people groups; cp. Gen 10:4 ; Jer 2:10 ; Dan 11:30 ). 24:23 This verse, like 22:12 , sums up the lesson of the entire incident.

a24:23-24►

bGen 10:4►

cJer 2:10►

dDan 11:30►

e24:23►

f22:12►

g24:24►

hGen 10:21-25►

i11:10-16►

jJosh 24:3►

kIsa 7:20►

‏ Numbers 24:23-24

Summary for Num 24:23-24: 24:23-24 ^a The oracle ends with a word about the rise and fall of invaders from Cyprus (Hebrew Kittim; this term probably referred to a number of Mediterranean people groups; cp. Gen 10:4 ^b; Jer 2:10 ^c; Dan 11:30 ^d). 24:23 ^e This verse, like 22:12 ^f, sums up the lesson of the entire incident.
24:24 ^g Eber, spelled the same as the ancestor of the Hebrews (cp. Gen 10:21-25 ^h; 11:10-16 ⁱ), possibly refers to a people beyond the Euphrates River, a region that fits the parallel reference to Assyria (Josh 24:3 ^j; Isa 7:20 ^k).