Numbers 23:10

Balaam's First Oracle

⁹ “As I see him from the top of the rocks,
And I look at him from the hills;
Behold, a people who dwells apart,
And will not be reckoned among the nations.
¹⁰ “Who can count the dust of Jacob,
Or number the fourth part of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
And let my end be like his!” ¹¹ Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have actually blessed them!”

People of Israel

With God

Israel

Jacob

Genesis 13:16

I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered.

Psalm 37:37

Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright;
For the man of peace will have a posterity.

Psalm 116:15

Precious in the sight of the Lord
Is the death of His godly ones.

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them.”

Genesis 22:17

indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies.

Numbers 2:9

The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. They shall set out first.

Numbers 2:16

The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,450 by their armies. And they shall set out second.

Numbers 2:24

The total of the numbered men of the camp of Ephraim: 108,100, by their armies. And they shall set out third.

Numbers 2:31

The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan was 157,600. They shall set out last by their standards.”

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has a refuge when he dies.

Isaiah 57:1-2

The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart;
And devout men are taken away, while no one understands.
For the righteous man is taken away from evil,

Luke 2:29-30

“Now Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to depart in peace,
According to Your word;

1 Corinthians 3:21-22

So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you,

1 Corinthians 15:53-57

For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Philippians 1:21-23

For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

2 Timothy 4:6-8

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come.

2 Peter 1:13-15

I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder,