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Star coming from Jacob?
Refer to the Rambam (Mishneh Torah, Kings and Wars 11:1):
"I will see him, but not now,(Number 24:17)"--that's David. "I will behold him, but not nearby,"--that's the King ...
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Star coming from Jacob?
Refer also to the Ramban who sees it ultimately as a reference to Moshiach:
THERE SHALL STEP FORTH A STAR OUT OF JACOB. Because the Messiah will gather together the dispersed of Israel from all the ...
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Star coming from Jacob?
Bilaam was the greatest prophet to the non-Jewish nations at his time. This section of Bilaam’s prophecy from BaMidbar 24:17 says:
אראנו ולא עתה אשורנו ולא קרוב דרך כוכב מיעקב וקם שבט מישראל ומחץ ...
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