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Numbers 23:13-26

13And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another placeH4725, from whence thou mayest seeH7200 them; thou shalt seeH7200 but the utmost part of them, and shalt not seeH7200 them all: and curseH6895 me them from thence. 14And he tookH3947 him into the fieldH7704 of Zophim, to the topH7218 of PisgahH6449, and builtH1129 sevenH7651 altarsH4196, and offeredH5927 up a bullock and a ramH352 on every altarH4196. 15And he saidH559 unto BalakH1111, StandH3320 here by thy burnt-offering, while I meetH7136 Jehovah yonder. 16And Jehovah metH7136 BalaamH1109, and putH7760 a wordH1697 in his mouthH6310, and saidH559, ReturnH7725 unto BalakH1111, and thusH3541 shalt thou speakH1696. 17And he cameH935 to him, and, lo, he was standingH5324 by his burnt-offering, and the princesH8269 of MoabH4124 with him. And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto him, What hath Jehovah spokenH1696? 18And he tookH5375 up his parableH4912, and saidH559,

RiseH6965 up, BalakH1111, and hearH8085;Hearken unto me, thou sonH1121 of ZipporH6834:19GodH410 is not a manH376, that he should lieH3576,Neither the sonH1121 of manH376, that he should repentH5162:Hath he saidH559, and will he not do it?Or hath he spokenH1696, and will he not makeH6213 it good?20Behold, I have receivedH3947commandmentto blessH1288:And he hath blessedH1288, and I cannot reverse it.21He hath not beheld iniquity in JacobH3290;Neither hath he seenH7200 perverseness in IsraelH3478:Jehovah his GodH430 is with him,And the shoutH8643 of a kingH4428 is among them.22GodH410 bringeth them forthH3318 out of EgyptH4714;He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox.23Surely there is no enchantment with JacobH3290;Neither is there any divinationH7081 with IsraelH3478:Now shall it be saidH559 of JacobH3290 and of IsraelH3478,What hath GodH410 wrought!24Behold, the peopleH5971 riseth up as a lionessH3833,And as a lionH738 doth he liftH5375 himself up:He shall not lieH7901 down until he eatH398 of the preyH2964,And drinkH8354 the bloodH1818 of the slainH2491.

25And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto BalaamH1109, Neither curseH6895 them at all, nor blessH1288 them at all. 26But BalaamH1109 answered and saidH559 unto BalakH1111, Told not I thee, sayingH559, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do?

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