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And when Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel, he did
anot go 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 saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes, and the
aSpirit of God came upon him.
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aAnd he took up his parable and said,
Balaam the son of Beor declares,
And the man whose eye is
1opened declares;
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He declares, he who hears the words of God,
Who sees the vision of the
aAll-sufficient One,
Falling down, but having his eyes uncovered:
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aHow 1fair are your tents, O Jacob,
Your tabernacles, O Israel!
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Like 1valleys they are spread forth,
Like
agardens beside a river,
Like
2baloes which Jehovah has planted,
Like cedars beside
cwater.
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Water shall flow from his buckets,
And his seed shall be in many waters,
And his
1king shall be higher than
aAgag,
And his kingdom shall be exalted.
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aGod is the One who brought him forth out of Egypt;
He has as it were the
1horns of the wild ox.
He shall eat up the nations, his adversaries,
And shall break their bones in pieces,
And shatter
them with his arrows.
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aHe couches; he lies down like a lion
And like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
1bBlessed is everyone who blesses you,
And cursed is everyone who curses you.
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Then Balak’s anger was kindled against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, I called you to
acurse my enemies, but now you have altogether blessed
them these three times.
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Therefore now flee to your place! I said I would greatly
ahonor you, but now Jehovah has kept you away from honor.
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aAnd Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,
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Even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either good or bad from my own heart? What Jehovah speaks, that I will speak.
d.
The fourth parable
24:14-25
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And now therefore, I am going to my people. Come, let me give you counsel as to what this people will do to your people in the last days.
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aAnd he took up his parable and said,
Balaam the son of Beor declares,
And the man whose eye is opened declares;
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He declares, he who hears the words of God
And obtains the knowledge of the
aMost High,
Who sees the vision of the
bAll-sufficient One,
Falling down, but having his eyes uncovered:
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I see Him, but not now;
I behold Him, but not near.
There shall
1come forth a
2aStar out of Jacob,
And a
2bScepter shall rise out of Israel,
And He shall crush the corners of
cMoab And break down all the sons of Sheth.
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And aEdom shall be dispossessed —
Seir, His
1enemies, shall also be dispossessed —
While Israel does valiantly.
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And One from Jacob shall have dominion
And destroy the remnant from
1the city.
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And he looked on
1Amalek and took up his parable and said,
aAmalek was the first of the nations,
But his latter end
shall come to destruction.
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And he looked on the Kenites 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 burned
Until
aAsshur 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
aKittim,
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 back to his place, and Balak also went his way.
