Num 24
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And when Balaam saw that it pleased YHWH to bless Israel, he went not, as at the other
times, to meet with enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness.
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And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes;
and the Spirit of God came upon him.
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And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, And the man whose
eye was closed says;
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He says, who hears the words of God, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling
down, and having his eyes open:
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How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, Your tabernacles, O Israel!
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As valleys are they spread forth, As gardens by the river-side, As lign-aloes which
YHWH has planted, As cedar-trees beside the waters.
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Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king
shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted.
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God brings him forth out of Egypt; He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox:
He shall eat up the nations his adversaries, And shall break their bones in pieces,
And smite [them] through with his arrows.
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He couched, he lay down as a lion, And as a lioness; who shall rouse him up? Blessed
be every one that blesses you, And cursed be every one that curses you.
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And Balak`s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and
Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse mine enemies, and, behold, you have altogether
blessed them these three times.
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Therefore now flee you to your place: I thought to promote you to great honor; but,
behold, YHWH has kept you back from honor.
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And Balaam said to Balak, Spoke I not also to your messengers that you sent to me,
saying,
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If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word
of YHWH, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; what YHWH speaks, that will I
speak?
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And now, behold, I go to my people: come, [and] I will advertise you what this people
shall do to your people in the latter days.
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And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, And the man whose
eye was closed says;
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He says, who hears the words of God, And knows the knowledge of the Most High, Who
sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, and having his eyes open:
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I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come forth a star
out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the
corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of tumult.
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And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, [who were] his enemies;
While Israel does valiantly.
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And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, And shall destroy the remnant from the city.
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And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of
the nations; But his latter end shall come to destruction.
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And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling-place,
And your nest is set in the rock.
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Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry you away captive.
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And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this?
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But ships [shall come] from the coast of Kittim, And they shall afflict Asshur, and
shall afflict Eber; And he also shall come to destruction.
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And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.