Numbers 23:10

Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth [part] of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

Who can count {H4487} the dust {H6083} of Jacob {H3290}, and the number {H4557} of the fourth {H7255} part of Israel {H3478}? Let me die {H4191}{H5315} the death {H4194} of the righteous {H3477}, and let my last {H319} end be like his!

"Who has counted the dust of Ya'akov or numbered the ashes of Isra'el? May I die as the righteous die! May my end be like theirs!"

Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!

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Cross-References

  • Psalms 37:37 (11 votes)

    Mark the perfect [man], and behold the upright: for the end of [that] man [is] peace.

  • Genesis 13:16 (10 votes)

    And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, [then] shall thy seed also be numbered.

  • Psalms 116:15 (9 votes)

    Precious in the sight of the LORD [is] the death of his saints.

  • Revelation 14:13 (6 votes)

    ¶ And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed [are] the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

  • 2 Corinthians 5:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ For we know that if our earthly house of [this] tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

  • Isaiah 57:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth [it] to heart: and merciful men [are] taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil [to come].

  • Isaiah 57:2 (4 votes)

    He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, [each one] walking [in] his uprightness.