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Numbers 24:4-16

4He saith, who heareth the wordsH561 of GodH410,Who seeth the visionH4236 of the AlmightyH7706,FallingH5307 downH5307, and having his eyesH5869 open:5HowH4100 goodly are thy tentsH168, O JacobH3290,Thy tabernacles, O IsraelH3478!6As valleys are they spreadH5186 forth,As gardensH1593 by the river-side,As lign-aloes which Jehovah hath plantedH5193,As cedar-trees beside the watersH4325.7WaterH4325 shall flowH5140 from his buckets,And his seedH2233 shall be in manyH7227 watersH4325,And his kingH4428 shall be higherH7311 than AgagH90,And his kingdomH4438 shall be exaltedH7311.8GodH410 bringeth him forthH3318 out of EgyptH4714;He hath as it were the strength of the wild-ox:He shall eatH398 up the nationsH1471 his adversaries,And shall break their bonesH6106 in pieces,And smite them through with his arrowsH2671.9He couched, he layH7901 downH7901 as a lionH738,And as a lionessH3833; who shall rouse him up?BlessedH1288 be every one that blesseth thee,And cursedH779 be every one that curseth thee.

10And Balak’s angerH639 was kindled against BalaamH1109, and he smote his handsH3709 together; and BalakH1111 saidH559 unto BalaamH1109, I calledH7121 thee to curseH6895 mine enemiesH341, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessedH1288 them these threeH7969 timesH6471. 11ThereforeH6258 nowH6258 fleeH1272 thou to thy placeH4725: I thought to promote thee unto great honorH3513; but, lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back from honorH3513. 12And BalaamH1109 saidH559 unto BalakH1111, Spake I not alsoH1571 to thy messengersH4397 that thou sentest unto me, sayingH559, 13If BalakH1111 would giveH5414 me his houseH1004 full of silverH3701 and goldH2091, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah, to do either goodH2896 or badH7451 of mine own mind; what Jehovah speaketh, that will I speakH1696? 14And nowH6258, behold, I goH1980 unto my peopleH5971: comeH1980, and I will advertise thee what this peopleH5971 shall do to thy peopleH5971 in the latterH319 daysH3117. 15And he tookH5375 up his parableH4912, and saidH559,

BalaamH1109 the sonH1121 of BeorH1160 saith,And the manH1397 whose eyeH5869 was closed saith;16He saith, who heareth the wordsH561 of GodH410,And knoweth the knowledgeH1847 of the Most High,Who seeth the visionH4236 of the AlmightyH7706,FallingH5307 downH5307, and having his eyesH5869 open:

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