Numbers 24:16-18

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶ the oracle of him who hears the words of God,
    and knows the knowledge of the Most High,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
    falling down, but having his eyes uncovered:
¹⁷ I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not nigh:
a star shall come forth out of Jacob,
    and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the forehead^[a] of Moab,
    and break down all the sons of Sheth.
¹⁸ Edom shall be dispossessed,
    Se′ir also, his enemies, shall be dispossessed,
    while Israel does valiantly.