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Ramban on Numbers 24:17/רמב"ן על במדבר כ״ד:י״ז

אדָּרַךְ כּוֹכָב מִיַּעֲקֹב – בַּעֲבוּר כִּי הַמָּשִׁיחַ יְקַבֵּץ נִדְחֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מִקְצֵה הָאָרֶץ, יַמְשִׁילֶנּוּ לְכוֹכָב הַדּוֹרֵךְ בָּרָקִיעַ מִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר בּוֹ ״וַאֲרוּ עִם עֲנָנֵי שְׁמַיָּא כְּבַר אֱנָשׁ אָתֵה״ וְגוֹ' (דניאל ז יג). וְאָמַר שֶׁהוּא רוֹאֶה לִזְמַן רָחוֹק שֶׁיִּדְרֹךְ כּוֹכָב מִקְצֵה הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְיָקוּם מִמֶּנּוּ שֵׁבֶט מוֹשֵׁל וּמָחַץ פַּאֲתֵי מוֹאָב וְקַרְקַר כָּל בְּנֵי שֵׁת בֶּן אָדָם שֶׁהוּא אֲבִי כָל הָאֻמּוֹת. וְהִזְכִּיר "פַּאֲתֵי מוֹאָב" לְהוֹדִיעַ לְבָלָק כִּי עַמּוֹ לֹא יִפֹּל בְּיַד יִשְׂרָאֵל עַתָּה, אֲבָל בְּאַחֲרִית הַיָּמִים לֹא יִנָּצֵל מוֹאָב מִיַּד הַשֵּׁבֶט הַמּוֹשֵׁל בּוֹ. וְטַעַם "פַּאֲתֵי מוֹאָב" לוֹמַר כִּי זֶה הַשֵּׁבֶט יְקַרְקֵר כָּל בְּנֵי שֵׁת, וְלֹא יִנָּצֵל מוֹאָב מִיָּדוֹ אַף עַל פִּי שֶׁהֵם קְצוּצֵי פֵאָה וְאֵין לָהֶם שֵׁם בָּאֻמּוֹת וְלֹא יִלָּחֲמוּ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל:

1THERE SHALL STEP FORTH A STAR OUT OF JACOB. Because the Messiah will gather together the dispersed of Israel from all the corners of the earth, Balaam compares him [metaphorically] to a star that passes through the firmament from the ends of heaven, just as it is said about [the Messiah]: and behold, there came with the clouds of heaven, one like unto a son of man etc.²⁴⁶ Balaam thus said that he saw that at a distant time a star would pass from the ends of heaven, and there would rise out of it the sceptre of a ruler, and he shall smite through the corners of Moab, and break down all the sons of Seth, the son of Adam,²⁴⁷ who was the father of all the nations.²⁴⁸, Vol. I, p. 98. He mentioned the corners of Moab in order to inform Balak that his people would not fall into the hand of Israel now, but in the end of days²³⁹ Moab will not be saved from the hand of the ruling king [in Israel]. And the meaning of ‘the corners’ of Moab is that this ruler [in Israel] will break down all the sons of Seth, and they [Moab] will not be saved, even though they are cut off on ‘the corner,’²⁴⁹ and have no name among the nations, and will not fight against Israel.