Numbers 23:24
Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
Cross-reference
Numbers 24:8 continues the oracle with the same imagery of Israel's strength as a wild ox devouring enemies, expanding on the lion metaphor here.
Numbers 24:9 directly echoes the lion/lioness imagery and adds blessing on those who bless Israel — a close parallel within the same oracle.
Numbers 24:17 continues Balaam's oracle with a star and scepter from Israel, fulfilling the conquering lion image with a specific ruler.
Genesis 49:9 describes Judah as a lion cub crouching — the same lion metaphor used here for all Israel, linking tribal and national identity.
Deuteronomy 33:20 applies the crouching lion image to the tribe of Gad — a similar blessing formula for a specific tribe.
Psalm 17:12 uses the same lion imagery for a wicked enemy, inverting the positive depiction of Israel as a devouring lion.
Isaiah 31:4 compares the LORD to a lion defending Zion, mirroring the lion's unstoppable power seen in Israel here.
Micah 5:8 directly repeats the lion metaphor for Israel among nations, treading and tearing — a clear thematic parallel.
Revelation 5:5 calls Jesus the Lion of Judah, applying the lion metaphor to the Messiah from Israel's line.
Job 4:11 says the old lion perishes for lack of prey, opposite of Numbers' promise that the lion will eat prey.