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And Balaam seeth that [it is] good in the eyes of Jehovah to bless Israel , and he hath not gone as time by time to meet enchantments, and he setteth towards the wilderness his face ;
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and Balaam lifteth up his eyes , and seeth Israel tabernacling, by its tribes , and the Spirit of God is upon him,
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and he taketh up his simile, and saith : `An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor -- And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut --
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An affirmation of him who is hearing sayings of God -- Who a vision of the Almighty seeth, Falling -- and eyes uncovered :
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How good have been thy tents , O Jacob , Thy tabernacles , O Israel ;
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As valleys they have been stretched out, As gardens by a river ; As aloes Jehovah hath planted , As cedars by waters;
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He maketh water flow from his buckets , And his seed [is] in many waters; And higher than Agag [is] his king, And exalted is his kingdom.
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God is bringing him out of Egypt ; As the swiftness of a Reem is to him, He eateth up nations his adversaries , And their bones he breaketh, And [with] his arrows he smiteth,
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He hath bent, he hath lain down as a lion , And as a lioness: who doth raise him up? He who is blessing thee [is] blessed , And he who is cursing thee [is] cursed.'
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And the anger of Balak burneth against Balaam , and he striketh his hands ; and Balak saith unto Balaam , `To pierce mine enemies I called thee, and lo, thou hast certainly blessed -- these three times;
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and now, flee for thyself unto thy place ; I have said , I do greatly honour thee, and lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honour .'
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And Balaam saith unto Balak, `Did I not also unto thy messengers whom thou hast sent unto me, speak, saying,
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If Balak doth give to me the fulness of his house of silver and gold , I am not able to pass over the command of Jehovah , to do good or evil of mine own heart -- that which Jehovah speaketh -- it I speak?
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and, now, lo, I am going to my people; come, I counsel thee [concerning] that which this people doth to thy people, in the latter end of the days .'
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And he taketh up his simile, and saith : `An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor -- And an affirmation of the man whose eyes [are] shut --
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An affirmation of him who is hearing sayings of God -- And knowing knowledge of the Most High ; A vision of the Almighty he seeth, Falling -- and eyes uncovered :
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I see it, but not now; I behold it, but not near; A star hath proceeded from Jacob , And a sceptre hath risen from Israel , And hath smitten corners of Moab , And hath destroyed all sons of Sheth.
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And Edom hath been a possession, And Seir hath been a possession, [for] its enemies , And Israel is doing valiantly;
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And [one] doth rule out of Jacob , And hath destroyed a remnant from Ar.'
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And he seeth Amalek, and taketh up his simile, and saith : `A beginning of the Goyim [is] Amalek; And his latter end -- for ever he perisheth.'
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And he seeth the Kenite , and taketh up his simile, and saith : `Enduring [is] thy dwelling , And setting in a rock thy nest ,
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But the Kenite is for a burning; Till when doth Asshur keep thee captive?'
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And he taketh up his simile, and saith : `Alas! who doth live when God doth this?
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And -- ships [are] from the side of Chittim, And they have humbled Asshur, And they have humbled Eber , And it also for ever is perishing.'
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And Balaam riseth , and goeth, and turneth back to his place , and Balak also hath gone on his way .