Kabbalah for Numbers 24:17
אֶרְאֶ֙נּוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א עַתָּ֔ה אֲשׁוּרֶ֖נּוּ וְלֹ֣א קָר֑וֹב דָּרַ֨ךְ כּוֹכָ֜ב מִֽיַּעֲקֹ֗ב וְקָ֥ם שֵׁ֙בֶט֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּמָחַץ֙ פַּאֲתֵ֣י מוֹאָ֔ב וְקַרְקַ֖ר כָּל־בְּנֵי־שֵֽׁת׃
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh; There shall step forth a star out of Jacob, And a scepter shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of Seth.
Idra Zuta
In the book of Aggadah of Rav Yeva Saba he said, if they are deserving, it is metzach (forehead), Atika’s forehead, that is, the forehead of will. If they are not deserving, the letters are transmuted to machatz (smite) as said, “and shall smite the corners of Moab” (Bemidbar 24:17), that is, it metes out punishment to the wicked, as said above.
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