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Numbers 24:1-5

1And whenBalaamבִּלְעָ֗םbil.'AmH1109sawוַיַּ֣רְאvai.Yar'H7200that itpleasedבְּעֵינֵ֤יbe.'ei.NeiH5869theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068toblessלְבָרֵ֣ךְle.va.RekhH1288Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, hewentהָלַ֥ךְha.LakhH1980notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808, as at theotherכְּפַֽעַם־ke.fa.'am-H6471timesבְּפַ֖עַםbe.Fa.'amH6471, tomeetH6440with enchantments, but hesetוַיָּ֥שֶׁתvai.Ya.shetH7896hisfaceפָּנָֽיו׃pa.NavH6440towardאֶל־'el-H413thewildernessהַמִּדְבָּ֖רha.mid.BarH4057.

2AndBalaamבִלְעָ֜םvil.'AmH1109liftedוַיִּשָּׂ֨אvai.yi.Sa'H5375upH5375hiseyesעֵינָ֗יו'ei.NavH5869, and hesawוַיַּרְא֙vai.yaR'H7200Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478dwellingשֹׁכֵ֖ןsho.KhenH7931accordingH5921to theirtribesלִשְׁבָטָ֑יוlish.va.TavH7626; and thespiritר֥וּחַRu.achH7307ofGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430cameוַתְּהִ֥יva.te.HiH1961uponH5921him.

3And hetookH5375upH5375hisparableמְשָׁל֖וֹme.sha.LoH4912, andsaidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559,Balaamבִּלְעָם֙bil.'AmH1109thesonבְּנ֣וֹbe.NoH1121ofBeorבְעֹ֔רve.'OrH1160saith, And themanהַגֶּ֖בֶרha.Ge.verH1397whoseH1121eyeהָעָֽיִן׃ha.'A.yinH5869was closed saith:

4He saith,whichH834heareth thewordsאִמְרֵי־'im.rei-H561ofGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410,WhichH834seeth thevisionמַחֲזֵ֤הma.cha.ZehH4236of theAlmightyשַׁדַּי֙sha.DaiH7706,FallingH5307downנֹפֵ֖לno.FelH5307, and having hiseyesעֵינָֽיִם׃'ei.Na.yimH5869openוּגְל֥וּיu.ge.LuiH1540:

5Howמַה־mah-H4100goodly are thytentsאֹהָלֶ֖יךָ'o.ha.Lei.khaH168, OJacobיַעֲקֹ֑בya.'a.KoH3290, Thy tabernacles, OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478!

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