Num 24
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And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not go according to
his custom to meet the omens, but turned his face toward the wilderness.
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And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit
of God came upon him.
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And he took up his parable and said, Balaam son of Beor says, the man who sees truly
says,
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he says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, who saw a vision of God in sleep;
his eyes were opened:
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How goodly are your habitations, Jacob, and your tents, Israel!
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as shady groves, and as gardens by a river, and as tents which God pitched, and as
cedars by the waters.
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There shall come a man out of his seed, and he shall rule over many nations; and the
kingdom of Gog shall be exalted, and his kingdom shall be increased.
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God led him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn: he shall consume
the nations of his enemies, and he shall Gr. suck the marrow of their fat bones drain their marrow, and with his darts he
shall shoot through the enemy.
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He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall stir him up? they
that bless you are blessed, and they that curse you are cursed.
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And Balac was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balac said to
Balaam, I called you to curse my enemy, and behold you have decidedly blessed him
this third time.
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Now therefore flee to your place: I said, I will honour you, but now the Lord has
deprived you of glory.
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And Balaam said to Balac, Did I not speak to your messengers also whom you sent to
me, saying,
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If Balac should give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to
Or, go beyond transgress the word of the Lord to make it good or bad by myself; whatever things
God shall say, them will I speak.
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And now, behold, I return to my place; come, I will advise you of what this people
shall do to your people in the last days.
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And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, the man who sees
truly says,
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hearing the oracles of God, Gr. knowing knowledge receiving knowledge from the Most High, and having seen a vision of God
in sleep;
his eyes were Or, unveiled opened.
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I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: a star shall
rise out of Jacob, a man shall spring out of Israel; and shall crush the princes of
Moab, and shall spoil all the sons of Seth.
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And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance of Israel,
and Israel wrought valiantly.
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And one shall arise out of Jacob, and destroy out of the city him whom escapes.
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And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec is the first of the
nations; yet his seed shall perish.
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And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said, your dwelling-place is
strong; yet though you should put your nest in a rock,
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and though Beor should have a Gr. nest of cunning skillfully contrived hiding-place, the Assyrians shall carry you away captive.
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And he looked upon Og, and took up his parable and said, Oh, oh, who shall live, when
God shall Gr. put do these things?
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And one shall come forth from the hands of the Citians, and shall afflict Assur, and
shall afflict the Or, men of Heber Hebrews, and they shall perish together.
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And Balaam rose up and departed and returned to his place, and Balac went Gr. q. d. chez lui to his own home.