17 (A)I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near:
(B)a star shall come out of Jacob,
    and (C)a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall (D)crush the forehead[a] of Moab
    and break down all the sons of Sheth.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:17 Hebrew corners [of the head]

(A)And nations shall come to your light,
    and kings to the brightness of your rising.

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saying, “Where is he who has been born (A)king of the Jews? For we saw (B)his star when it rose[a] and have come to (C)worship him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 2:2 Or in the east; also verse 9

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