15. And he took up his mashal, and said, Balaam ben Beor hath said, the man whose eyes are open hath said,
16. He hath said, which heard the words of El, and knew the Da'as Elyon, which saw the Machazeh Shaddai, falling prostrate, but having his eyes open:
17. I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not karov (near); there shall come a Kokhav (Star, i.e. Moshiach, see Targums) out of Ya'akov, and a Shevet (Sceptre) shall rise out of Yisroel, and shall strike through the temples (i.e., sides of the head) of Moav, and destroy all the Bnei Shet.
18. And Edom shall be a possession; Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; but Yisroel shall do valiantly.
19. Out of Ya'akov shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the Ir.