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# General Information:
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Balaam continues the first of his four prophecies.
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# I see him, but he is not here now. I look at him, but he is not near
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Both of these statements mean the same thing. Balaam is having a vision of a future event. The word "him" refers to a future leader of Israel. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# A star will come out of Jacob
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Here "star" refers to an Israelite king that will rise in power. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])
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# out of Jacob
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Here "Jacob" refers to the descendants of Jacob. Alternate translation: "from among the descendants of Jacob" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# a scepter will rise out of Israel
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This means the same thing as the first part of the sentence. Here "scepter" refers to a powerful king. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# out of Israel
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Here "Israel" refers to future Israelites. Alternate translation: "from among the Israelites in the future" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# shatter Moab's leaders
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Possible meanings are 1) he will break the heads of the leaders of Moab or 2) he will destroy the leaders of Moab.
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# all the descendants of Seth
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This also refers to the Moabites, who were descendants of Seth.
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