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And Balaam said to▵ Balak, Build for me in this place seven altars, and prepare for me in this place seven bullocks and seven rams.
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And Balak did as◦ Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered··up on◦ every altar a bullock and a ram.
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And Balaam said to Balak, Stand··forth over thy burnt··offering, and I will go; perhaps Jehovah will happen to meet me: and what word He shows me I will tell thee. And he went to a slope.
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And God came* to▵ Balaam; and he said to▵ Him, I have arranged seven altars, and I have offered··up on◦ each altar a bullock and a ram.
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And Jehovah set a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return to▵ Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
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And he returned to▵ him, and, behold, he stood◦ over his burnt··offering, he◦ and all the princes of Moab.
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And he lifted up his enunciation, and said, Balak the king of Moab has led me from Syria, from the mountains of the east, saying, Go, curse Jacob for me, and go, have··indignation against Israel.
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How shall I curse▵, whom God◦ has not cursed▵? And how shall I be··indignant when Jehovah is· not ·indignant?
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For from the head of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I observe◦ him; behold, the people shall abide◦ alone, and shall not be reckoned among◦ the nations.
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Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part* of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the upright, and let my last be like▵ his!
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And Balak said to▵ Balaam, What hast thou done to me? I took thee to curse▵ my enemies, and, behold, blessing thou hast blessed them.
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And he answered and said, Must I not keep to speaking that which Jehovah has set in my mouth?
13
And Balak said to▵ him, Go, I pray◦ thee, with◦ me to▵ another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see nothing but the edge of them, and shalt not see them all; and curse▵ them for me from thence.
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And he took him into the field of Zophim, to▵ the head of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered··up a bullock and a ram on◦ every altar.
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And he said to▵ Balak, Stand··forth here▫ over thy burnt··offering, and there▫ it will befall me▵.
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And Jehovah came* to▵ Balaam, and set a word in his mouth, and said, Return to▵ Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
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And he came to▵ him, and behold, he stood◦ over his burnt··offering, and the princes of Moab with◦ him. And Balak said to him, What has Jehovah spoken?
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And he lifted··up his enunciation, and said, Rise··up, Balak, and hear; give··ear even··to me, thou son of Zippor;
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God◦ is not a man◦, that He should lie◦; neither◦ a son of man, that He should repent Himself. Has He◦ said, and shall He not do? And has He spoken, and shall He not secure▵ it?
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Behold, a blessing I have received◦, and He has blessed; and not turned· it ·back.
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He has not looked on iniquity◦ in Jacob, neither has He seen mischief◦ in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in him.
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God◦ brought· them ·out from Egypt; he has◦ as··it··were the powers◦ of a unicorn.
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For there is no◦ foretelling against◦ Jacob, neither divination against◦ Israel; according··to this time it shall be said of◦ Jacob and of Israel, What has God◦ worked!
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Behold, the people shall rise··up as an old··lion, and lift· himself ·up as a young* lion; he shall not lie··down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain.
25
And Balak said to▵ Balaam, Even cursing▵ thou shalt not curse▵ them, even blessing shalt thou not bless them.
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But Balaam answered and said to▵ Balak, Spoke I not to▵ thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaks, it I will do?
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And Balak said to▵ Balaam, Go, I pray◦ thee, I will take thee to▵ another place; perhaps it will be··upright in the eyes of God, and thou mayest curse▵ them for me from thence.
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And Balak took Balaam to the head of Peor, that looks··out upon the faces of Jeshimon.
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And Balaam said to▵ Balak, Build for me in this place seven altars, and prepare for me in this place seven bullocks and seven rams.
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And Balak did as◦ Balaam had said, and offered··up a bullock and a ram on◦ every altar.
