Numbers 23:10

Balaam's First Oracle

⁹ I saw them from the top of the rocks. I watched them from the hills. Truly this is a people that lives by itself and doesn't matter among the nations. ¹⁰ Who can count the dust of Jacob? Who can number the dust of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and may I end up like him." ¹¹ "What are you doing to me?" Balak asked Balaam. "I brought you to curse my enemies, not pronounce a blessing!"

People of Israel

With God

Israel

Jacob

Genesis 13:16

I'll make your descendants as plentiful as the specks of dust of the earth, so that if one could count the specks of dust of the earth, then your descendants could also be counted.

Psalm 37:37

Observe the blameless! Take note of the upright! Indeed, the future of that man is peace.

Psalm 116:15

In the sight of the LORD, the death of his faithful ones is valued.

Genesis 28:14

Your descendants are going to become like the dust of the earth and spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.

Revelation 14:13

I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: How blessed are the dead, that is, those who die in the Lord from now on!" "Yes," says the Spirit. "Let them rest from their labors, for their actions follow them."

Genesis 22:17

I will certainly bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in heaven and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the gates of their enemies.

Numbers 2:9

All those numbered by division in the camp of Judah total 186,400. They are to be the first to travel."

Numbers 2:16

All those numbered by division in the camp of Reuben total 151,450. They are to be the second to travel."

Numbers 2:24

All those numbered by division in the camp Ephraim total 108,100. They are to be the third to travel."

Numbers 2:31

All those numbered by division in the camp of Dan total 157,600. They are to be the last to travel under their standards."

Proverbs 14:32

The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing, but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.

Isaiah 57:1-2

"Also the righteous are perishing, but no one takes it to heart; devout people are taken away, while no one understands that the righteous person is taken away from calamity.

Luke 2:29-30

"Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace according to your promise,

1 Corinthians 3:21-22

So let no one boast about human beings, since everything belongs to you,

1 Corinthians 15:53-57

For what is decaying must be clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying must be clothed with what cannot die.

2 Corinthians 5:1

We know that if the earthly tent we live in is torn down, we have a building in heaven that comes from God, an eternal house not built by human hands.

Philippians 1:21-23

For to me, to go on living is the Messiah, and to die is gain.

2 Timothy 4:6-8

I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for my departure has come.

2 Peter 1:13-15

Yet I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I am living in this bodily tent,