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Numbers 24:1-5

1AndwhenBalaamבִּלְעָ֗םbil.'AmH1109sawH7200thatitpleasedJehovahtoblessלְבָרֵ֣ךְle.va.RekhH1288Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,hewentH1980not,asattheothertimesH6471,tomeetwithenchantments,buthesetוַיָּ֥שֶׁתvai.Ya.shetH7896hisfaceפָּנָֽיו׃pa.NavH6440towardthewildernessהַמִּדְבָּ֖רha.mid.BarH4057.

2AndBalaamבִלְעָ֜םvil.'AmH1109liftedוַיִּשָּׂ֨אvai.yi.Sa'H5375uphiseyesעֵינָ֗יו'ei.NavH5869,andhesawH7200Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478dwellingשֹׁכֵ֖ןsho.KhenH7931accordingtotheirtribesH7626;andtheSpiritר֥וּחַRu.achH7307ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430cameuponhim.

3AndhetookH5375uphisparableH4912,andsaidH559,Balaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109thesonבְּנ֣וֹbe.NoH1121ofBeorבְעֹ֔רve.'OrH1160saith,Andthemanהַגֶּ֖בֶרha.Ge.verH1397whoseeyeהָעָֽיִן׃ha.'A.yinH5869wasclosed saith;

4Hesaith,whoheareththewordsאִמְרֵי־'im.rei-H561ofGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410,Whoseeththevisionמַחֲזֵ֤הma.cha.ZehH4236oftheAlmightyשַׁדַּי֙sha.DaiH7706,FallingH5307downנֹפֵ֖לno.FelH5307,andhavinghiseyesעֵינָֽיִם׃'ei.Na.yimH5869open:

5Howמַה־mah-H4100goodlyarethytentsאֹהָלֶ֖יךָ'o.ha.Lei.khaH168,OJacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290, Thy tabernacles,OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478!

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