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1. Balaam, however, perceiving that the LORD was pleased to bless Israel, did not go aside as before to seek omens, but turned his gaze toward the desert.
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1. And when Balaam H1109 saw H7200 that H3588 it pleased H2895 H5869 the LORD H3068 to bless H1288 H853 Israel H3478 , he went H1980 not H3808 , as at other times H6471 H6471 , to seek H7125 for enchantments H5173 , but he set H7896 his face H6440 toward H413 the wilderness H4057 .
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2. When he raised his eyes and saw Israel encamped, tribe by tribe, the spirit of God came upon him,
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2. And Balaam H1109 lifted up H5375 H853 his eyes H5869 , and he saw H7200 H853 Israel H3478 abiding H7931 in his tents according to their tribes H7626 ; and the spirit H7307 of God H430 came H1961 upon H5921 him.
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3. and he gave voice to his oracle: The utterance of Balaam, son of Beor, the utterance of the man whose eye is true,
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3. And he took up H5375 his parable H4912 , and said H559 , Balaam H1109 the son H1121 of Beor H1160 hath said H5002 , and the man H1397 whose eyes H5869 are open H8365 hath said H5002 :
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4. The utterance of one who hears what God says, and knows what the Most High knows, Of one who sees what the Almighty sees, enraptured, and with eyes unveiled:
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4. He hath said H5002 , which heard H8085 the words H561 of God H410 , which H834 saw H2372 the vision H4236 of the Almighty H7706 , falling H5307 into a trance , but having his eyes H5869 open H1540 :
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5. How goodly are your tents, O Jacob; your encampments, O Israel!
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5. How H4100 goodly H2895 are thy tents H168 , O Jacob H3290 , and thy tabernacles H4908 , O Israel H3478 !
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6. They are like gardens beside a stream, like the cedars planted by the LORD.
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6. As the valleys H5158 are they spread forth H5186 , as gardens H1593 by H5921 the river H5104 's side , as the trees of lign aloes H174 which the LORD H3068 hath planted H5193 , and as cedar trees H730 beside H5921 the waters H4325 .
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7. His wells shall yield free-flowing waters, he shall have the sea within reach; His king shall rise higher than.... and his royalty shall be exalted.
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7. He shall pour H5140 the water H4325 out of his buckets H4480 H1805 , and his seed H2233 shall be in many H7227 waters H4325 , and his king H4428 shall be higher H7311 than Agag H4480 H90 , and his kingdom H4438 shall be exalted H5375 .
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8. It is God who brought him out of Egypt, a wild bull of towering might. He shall devour the nations like grass, their bones he shall strip bare.
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8. God H410 brought him forth H3318 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 ; he hath as it were the strength H8443 of a unicorn H7214 : he shall eat up H398 the nations H1471 his enemies H6862 , and shall break H1633 their bones H6106 , and pierce them through H4272 with his arrows H2671 .
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9. He lies crouching like a lion, or like a lioness; who shall arouse him? Blessed is he who blesses you, and cursed is he who curses you!
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9. He couched H3766 , he lay down H7901 as a lion H738 , and as a great lion H3833 : who H4310 shall stir him up H6965 ? Blessed H1288 is he that blesseth H1288 thee , and cursed H779 is he that curseth H779 thee.
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10. Balak beat his palms together in a blaze of anger at Balaam and said to him, "It was to curse my foes that I summoned you here; yet three times now you have even blessed them instead!
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10. And Balak H1111 's anger H639 was kindled H2734 against H413 Balaam H1109 , and he smote his hands together H5606 H853 H3709 : and Balak H1111 said H559 unto H413 Balaam H1109 , I called H7121 thee to curse H6895 mine enemies H341 , and, behold H2009 , thou hast altogether blessed H1288 H1288 them these H2088 three H7969 times H6471 .
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11. Be off at once, then, to your home. I promised to reward you richly, but the LORD has withheld the reward from you!"
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11. Therefore now H6258 flee H1272 thou to H413 thy place H4725 : I thought H559 to promote thee unto great honor H3513 H3513 ; but, lo H2009 , the LORD H3068 hath kept thee back H4513 from honor H4480 H3519 .
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12. Balaam replied to Balak, "Did I not warn the very messengers whom you sent to me,
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12. And Balaam H1109 said H559 unto H413 Balak H1111 , Spoke H1696 I not H3808 also H1571 to H413 thy messengers H4397 which H834 thou sentest H7971 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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13. 'Even if Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, I could not of my own accord to anything, good or evil, contrary to the command of the LORD'? Whatever the LORD says I must repeat.
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13. If H518 Balak H1111 would give H5414 me his house H1004 full H4393 of silver H3701 and gold H2091 , I cannot H3808 H3201 go beyond H5674 H853 the commandment H6310 of the LORD H3068 , to do H6213 either good H2896 or H176 bad H7451 of mine own mind H4480 H3820 ; but what H834 the LORD H3068 saith H1696 , that will I speak H1696 ?
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14. "But now that I am about to go to my own people, let me first warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come."
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14. And now H6258 , behold H2009 , I go H1980 unto my people H5971 : come H1980 therefore, and I will advertise H3289 thee what H834 this H2088 people H5971 shall do H6213 to thy people H5971 in the latter H319 days H3117 .
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15. Then Balaam gave voice to his oracle: The utterance of Balaam, son of Beor, the utterance of the man whose eye is true,
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15. And he took up H5375 his parable H4912 , and said H559 , Balaam H1109 the son H1121 of Beor H1160 hath said H5002 , and the man H1397 whose eyes H5869 are open H8365 hath said H5002 :
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16. The utterance of one who hears what God says, and knows what the Most High knows, Of one who sees what the Almighty sees, enraptured and with eyes unveiled.
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16. He hath said H5002 , which heard H8085 the words H561 of God H410 , and knew H3045 the knowledge H1847 of the most High H5945 , which saw H2372 the vision H4236 of the Almighty H7706 , falling H5307 into a trance , but having his eyes H5869 open H1540 :
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17. I see him, though not now; I behold him, though not near: A star shall advance from Jacob, and a staff shall rise from Israel, That shall smite the brows of Moab, and the skulls of all the Shuthites,
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17. I shall see H7200 him , but not H3808 now H6258 : I shall behold H7789 him , but not H3808 nigh H7138 : there shall come H1869 a Star H3556 out of Jacob H4480 H3290 , and a Scepter H7626 shall rise H6965 out of Israel H4480 H3478 , and shall smite H4272 the corners H6285 of Moab H4124 , and destroy H4272 all H3605 the children H1121 of Sheth H8352 .
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18. Till Edom is dispossessed, and no fugitive is left in Seir. Israel shall do valiantly,
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18. And Edom H123 shall be H1961 a possession H3424 , Seir H8165 also shall be H1961 a possession H3424 for his enemies H341 ; and Israel H3478 shall do H6213 valiantly H2428 .
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19. and Jacob shall overcome his foes.
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19. Out of Jacob H4480 H3290 shall come he that shall have dominion H7287 , and shall destroy H6 him that remaineth H8300 of the city H4480 H5892 .
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20. Upon seeing Amalek, Balaam gave voice to his oracle: First of the peoples was Amalek, but his end is to perish forever.
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20. And when he looked on H7200 H853 Amalek H6002 , he took up H5375 his parable H4912 , and said H559 , Amalek H6002 was the first H7225 of the nations H1471 ; but his latter end H319 shall be that he perish H8 forever H5703 .
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21. Upon seeing the Kenites, he gave voice to his oracle: Your abode is enduring, O smith, and your nest is set on a cliff;
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21. And he looked on H7200 H853 the Kenites H7017 , and took up H5375 his parable H4912 , and said H559 , Strong H386 is thy dwelling place H4186 , and thou puttest H7760 thy nest H7064 in a rock H5553 .
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22. Yet destined for burning-- even as I watch-- are your inhabitants.
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22. Nevertheless H3588 H518 the Kenite H7014 shall be H1961 wasted H1197 , until H5704 H4100 Asshur H804 shall carry thee away captive H7617 .
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23. Upon seeing.... he gave voice to his oracle: Alas, who shall survive of Ishmael,
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23. And he took up H5375 his parable H4912 , and said H559 , Alas H188 , who H4310 shall live H2421 when God H410 doeth H4480 H7760 this!
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24. to deliver his people from the hands of the Kittim? When they have conquered Asshur and conquered Eber, He too shall perish forever.
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24. And ships H6716 shall come from the coast H4480 H3027 of Chittim H3794 , and shall afflict H6031 Asshur H804 , and shall afflict H6031 Eber H5677 , and he H1931 also H1571 shall perish H8 forever H5703 .
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25. Then Balaam set out on his journey home; and Balak also went his way.
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25. And Balaam H1109 rose up H6965 , and went H1980 and returned H7725 to his place H4725 : and Balak H1111 also H1571 went H1980 his way H1870 .
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