Numbers 23
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Numbers 23:7-18

7And he tookH5375 upH5375 his parableH4912, and saidH559, From AramH758 hath BalakH1111 broughtH5375 meH4480, The kingH4428 of MoabH4124 from the mountainsH2042 of the EastH6924: Come, curseH779 meH4480 JacobH3290, And come, defy IsraelH3478.

8HowH4100 shall I curseH6895, whomH6895 GodH410 hath notH3808 cursedH6895? And howH4100 shall I defy, whomH6895 the LORDH3068 hath notH3808 defied?

9For from the topH7218 of the rocksH6697 I seeH7200 him, And from the hillsH1389 I beholdH2005 him: LoH2005, it is a peopleH5971 that dwellH7931 aloneH910, And shall notH3808 be reckonedH2803 among the nationsH1471.

10Who canH4310 countH4487 the dustH6083 of JacobH3290, Or numberH4557 the fourthH7255 partH319 of IsraelH3478? LetH1961 meH5315 dieH4191 the deathH4191 of the righteous, And letH1961 my lastH319 endH319 be like his!

11And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto BalaamH1109, WhatH4100 hast thou doneH6213 unto meH413? I tookH3947 thee to curseH6895 mine enemiesH341, and, beholdH2009, thou hast blessedH1288 them altogether.

12And he answeredH559 and saidH559, MustH853 I notH3808 takeH8104 heedH8104 to speakH1696 that whichH834 the LORDH3068 putteth in my mouthH6310?

13And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto him, Come, I pray thee, with meH413 unto anotherH312 placeH4725, from whence thou mayest seeH7200 them; thou shalt seeH7200 but the utmost part of them, and shalt notH3808 seeH7200 them allH3605: and curseH6895 meH413 them from thence.

14And he tookH3947 him intoH413 the fieldH7704 of ZophimH6839, to the topH7218 of PisgahH6449, and builtH1129 sevenH7651 altarsH4196, and offeredH5927 upH5927 a bullock and a ramH352 on everyH7218 altarH4196.

15And he saidH559 unto BalakH1111, StandH3320 hereH3541 by thy burntH5930 offering, whileH5921 I meetH7136 the LORD yonder.

16And the LORDH3068 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, loH2009, he stoodH5324 by his burntH5930 offering, and the princesH8269 of MoabH4124 with him. And BalakH1111 saidH559 unto him, WhatH4100 hath the LORDH3068 spokenH1696?

18And he tookH5375 upH6965 his parableH4912, and saidH559, RiseH6965 upH6965, BalakH1111, and hearH8085; Hearken unto meH1121, thou sonH1121 of ZipporH6834:

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Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain