Numbers 23
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Numbers 23:7-10

7And he tookupוַיִּשָּׂ֥אvai.yi.Sa'H5375hisparableמְשָׁל֖וֹme.sha.LoH4912, andsaidוַיֹּאמַ֑רvai.yo.MarH559,Balakבָלָ֤קva.LakH1111thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428ofMoabמוֹאָב֙mo.'AvH4124hathbroughtיַנְחֵ֨נִיyan.Che.niH5148me fromAramאֲ֠רָם'A.romH758, out of themountainsמֵֽהַרְרֵי־me.ha.rei-H2042of theeastקֶ֔דֶםKe.demH6924, saying,ComeH3212,curseאָֽרָה־'a.rah-H779Jacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290for me, andcomeH3212,defyזֹעֲמָ֥הzo.'a.MahH2194Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.
8HowH4100shall IcurseH5344, whomGodאֵ֑ל'ElH410hath notcursedH6895? or how shall Idefyאֶזְעֹ֔ם'ez.'OmH2194, whom theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068hath notdefiedזָעַ֖םza.'AmH2194?
9For from thetopמֵרֹ֤אשׁme.RoshH7218of therocksצֻרִים֙tzu.RimH6697Iseeאֶרְאֶ֔נּוּ'er.'E.nuH7200him, and from thehillsוּמִגְּבָע֖וֹתu.mi.ge.va.'otH1389Ibeholdאֲשׁוּרֶ֑נּוּ'a.shu.Re.nuH7789him: lo, thepeopleעָם֙'amH5971shalldwellיִשְׁכֹּ֔ןyish.KonH7931aloneלְבָדָ֣דle.va.DadH910, and shall not bereckonedיִתְחַשָּֽׁב׃yit.cha.ShavH2803among thenationsוּבַגּוֹיִ֖םu.va.go.YimH1471.
10Who cancountמָנָה֙ma.NahH4487thedustעֲפַ֣ר'a.FarH6083ofJacobיַעֲקֹ֔בya.'a.KoH3290, and thenumberוּמִסְפָּ֖רu.mis.ParH4557of thefourthרֹ֣בַעRoa'H7255part ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478? Let medieתָּמֹ֤ת נַפְשִׁי֙ta.Mot naf.ShiH4191H5315thedeathמ֣וֹתMotH4194of therighteousיְשָׁרִ֔יםye.sha.RimH3477, and let mylastאַחֲרִיתִ֖י'a.cha.ri.TiH319end be like his!
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