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Numbers 23:7-18

7And he tookH5375 up his parableH4912, and saidH559,

From AramH758 hath BalakH1111 brought me,The kingH4428 of MoabH4124 from the mountainsH2042 of the EastH6924:Come, curseH779 me JacobH3290,And come, defy IsraelH3478.8HowH4100 shall I curseH6895, whom GodH410 hath not cursedH6895?And howH4100 shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?9For from the topH7218 of the rocksH6697 I seeH7200 him,And from the hillsH1389 I behold him:Lo, it is a peopleH5971 that dwelleth aloneH910,And shall not be reckonedH2803 among the nationsH1471.10Who can countH4487 the dustH6083 of JacobH3290,Or numberH4557 the fourthH7255 partH319 of IsraelH3478?Let me dieH4191 the deathH4191 of the righteous,And let my last endH319 beH1961 like his!

11And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto BalaamH1109, What hast thou done unto me? I tookH3947 thee to curseH6895 mine enemiesH341, and, behold, thou hast blessedH1288 them altogether. 12And he answered and saidH559, Must I not takeH8104 heedH8104 to speakH1696 that which Jehovah putteth in my mouthH6310?

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:

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