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* And Balaam said to Balak , Build me here seven altars , and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams . * And Balak did as Balaam had spoken . And Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram . * And Balaam said to Balak , Stand by thy burnt-offering , and I will go . Perhaps LORD will come to meet me , and whatever he shows me I will tell thee . And he went to a bare height . * And God met Balaam , and he said to him , I have prepared the seven altars , and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar . * And LORD put a word in Balaam 's mouth , and said , Return to Balak , and thus thou shall speak . * And he returned to him . And , lo , he was standing by his burnt-offering , he , and all the rulers of Moab . * And he took up his parable , and said , From Aram Balak has brought me , the king of Moab from the mountains of the East . Come , curse Jacob for me , and come , defy Israel . * How shall I curse , whom God has not cursed ? And how shall I defy , whom LORD has not defied ? * For from the top of the rocks I see him , and from the hills I behold him . Lo , it is a people that dwells alone , and shall not be reckoned among the nations . * Who can count the dust of Jacob , or number the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous , and let my last end be like his ! * And Balak said to Balaam , What have thou done to me ? I took thee to curse my enemies , and , behold , thou have blessed them altogether . * And he answered and said , Must I not take heed to speak that which LORD puts in my mouth ? * And Balak said to him , Come , I pray thee , with me to another place , from where thou may see them . Thou shall see but the outmost part of them , and shall not see them all , and curse them for me from there . * And he took him into the field of Zophim , to the top of Pisgah , and built seven altars , and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar . * And he said to Balak , Stand here by thy burnt-offering , while I meet [LORD ] yonder . * And LORD met Balaam , and put a word in his mouth , and said , Return to Balak , and thus shall thou speak . * And he came to him . And , lo , he was standing by his burnt-offering , and the rulers of Moab with him . And Balak said to him , What has LORD spoken ? * And he took up his parable , and said , Rise up , Balak , and hear . Hearken to me , thou son of Zippor . * God is not a man , that he should lie , neither the son of man , that he should repent . Has he said , and will he not do it ? Or has he spoken , and will he not make it good ? * Behold , I have received to bless . And he has blessed , and I cannot reverse it . * He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob , neither has he seen perverseness in Israel . LORD his God is with him , and the shout of a king is among them . * God brings them forth out of Egypt . He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox . * Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob , neither is there any divination with Israel . Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel , What has God wrought ! * Behold , the people rise up as a lioness , and as a lion he lifts himself up . He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey , and drinks the blood of the slain . * And Balak said to Balaam , Neither curse them at all , nor bless them at all . * But Balaam answered and said to Balak , Did I not tell thee , saying , All that LORD speaks , that I must do ? * And Balak said to Balaam , Come now , I will take thee to another place . Perhaps it will please God that thou may curse them for me from there . * And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor , that looks down upon the desert . * And Balaam said to Balak , Build for me here seven altars , and prepare for me here seven bullocks and seven rams . * And Balak did as Balaam had said , and offered up a bullock and a ram on every altar . * And when Balaam saw that it pleased LORD to bless Israel , he did not go , as at the other times , to meet with omens , but he set his face toward the wilderness . * And Balaam lifted up his eyes , and he saw Israel dwelling according to their tribes , and the Spirit of God came upon him . * And he took up his parable , and said , Balaam the son of Beor says , and the man whose eye was closed says , * he says who hears the words of God , who sees the vision of the Almighty , falling down , and having his eyes open , * How goodly are thy tents , O Jacob , thy tabernacles , O Israel ! * As valleys they are spread forth , as gardens by the river-side , as aloes which LORD has planted , as cedar trees beside the waters . * Water shall flow from his buckets , and his seed shall be in many waters , and his king shall be higher than Agag , and his kingdom shall be exalted . * God brings him forth out of Egypt . He has as it were the strength of the wild-ox . He shall eat up the nations his adversaries , and shall break their bones in pieces , and smite [them ] through with his arrows . * He couched , he lay down as a lion , and as a lioness . Who shall rouse him up ? He who blesses thee is blessed , And he who curses thee is cursed . * And Balak 's anger was kindled against Balaam , and he struck his hands together . And Balak said to Balaam , I called thee to curse my enemies , and , behold , thou have altogether blessed them these three times . * Therefore now flee thou to thy place . I thought to promote thee to great honor , but , lo , LORD has kept thee back from honor . * And Balaam said to Balak , Did I not also speak to thy messengers that thou sent to me , saying , * If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold , I cannot go beyond the word of LORD , to do either good or bad of my own mind . What LORD speaks , that I will speak ? * And now , behold , I go to my people . Come , I will advise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days . * And he took up his parable , and said , Balaam the son of Beor says , and the man whose eye was closed says , * he says who hears the words of God , and knows the knowledge of the Most High , who sees the vision of the Almighty , falling down , and having his eyes open : * I see him , but not now . I behold him , but not near . There shall come forth a star out of Jacob , and a scepter shall rise out of Israel , and shall smite through the corners of Moab , and break down all the sons of tumult . * And Edom shall be a possession , Seir also shall be a possession , [who were ] his enemies , while Israel does valiantly . * And out of Jacob shall come he who shall have dominion , and shall destroy the remnant from the city . * And he looked on Amalek , and took up his parable , and said , Amalek was the first of the nations , but his latter end shall come to destruction . * And he looked on the Kenite , and took up his parable , and said , Strong is thy dwelling-place , and thy nest is set in the rock . * Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted , until Asshur shall carry thee away captive . * And he took up his parable , and said , Alas , who shall live when God does this ? * But ships [shall come ] from the coast of Kittim , and they shall afflict Asshur , and shall afflict Eber , and he also shall come to destruction . * And Balaam rose up , and went and returned to his place , and Balak also went his way . * And Israel abode in Shittim . And the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab ,

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