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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 said ; and Balak and Balaam offered up a bullock and a ram on [each ] altar . * And Balaam said to Balak , Stand by thy burnt-offering , and I will go ; perhaps Jehovah will come to meet me ; and whatever he shews me I will tell thee . And he went to a hill . * And God met Balaam ; and [Balaam ] said to him , I have disposed seven altars , and have offered up a bullock and a ram upon [each ] altar . * And Jehovah put a word in Balaam 's mouth , and said , Return to Balak , and thus shalt thou speak . * And he returned to him , and behold , he was standing by his burnt-offering , he , and all the princes of Moab . * And he took up his parable , and said , Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram , from the mountains of the east : Come , curse me Jacob , and come , denounce Israel ! * How shall I curse whom �God hath not cursed ? or how shall I denounce whom Jehovah doth not denounce ? * For from the top of the rocks I see him , and from the hills I behold him : Lo , [it is ] a people that shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned among the nations . * Who can count the dust of Jacob , and the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let my soul die the death of the righteous , and let my end be like his ! * And Balak said to Balaam , What hast thou done to me ? I took thee to curse mine enemies , and behold , thou hast blessed them altogether . * And he answered and said , Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah puts in my mouth ? * And Balak said to him , Come , I pray thee , with me to another place , from whence thou wilt see them ; thou shalt see only the extremity of them and shalt not see them all , and curse me them from thence . * And he took him to the watchmen 's field , to the top of Pisgah , and built seven altars , and offered up a bullock and a ram on [each ] altar . * And [Balaam ] said to Balak , Stand here by thy burnt-offering , and I will go to meet yonder . * And Jehovah met Balaam , and put a word in his mouth , and said , Return to Balak , and thus shalt thou speak . * And he came to him , and behold , he was standing by his burnt-offering , and the princes of Moab with him ; and Balak said to him , What has Jehovah spoken ? * Then he took up his parable and said , Rise up , Balak , and hear ! hearken unto me , son of Zippor ! * �God is not a man , that he should lie ; neither a son of man , that he should repent . Shall he say and not do ? and shall he speak and not make it good ? * Behold , I have received [mission ] to bless ; and he hath blessed , and I cannot reverse it . * He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob , neither hath he seen wrong in Israel ; Jehovah his God is with him , and the shout of a king is in his midst . * �God brought him out of Egypt ; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo . * For there is no enchantment against Jacob , neither is there any divination against Israel . At this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel , What hath �God wrought ! * Lo , the people will rise up as a lioness , and lift himself up as a lion . He shall not lie down until he have eaten the prey and drunk the blood of the slain . * And Balak said to Balaam , Neither curse them at all , nor bless them at all . * And Balaam answered and said to Balak , Did I not tell thee , saying , All that Jehovah shall speak , that will I do ? * And Balak said to Balaam , Come , I pray thee , I will bring thee to another place ; perhaps it will be right in the sight of God that thou curse me them from thence . * And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor , which looks over the surface of the waste . * 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 said , and offered up a bullock and a ram on each altar . * And Balaam saw that it was good in the sight of Jehovah to bless Israel , and he went not , as at other times , to seek for enchantments , but he set his face toward the wilderness . * And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel dwelling [in tents ] according to his tribes ; and the Spirit of God came upon him . * And he took up his parable , and said , Balaam the son of Beor saith , and the man of opened eye saith , * He saith , who heareth the words of �God , who seeth the vision of the Almighty , who falleth down , and who hath his eyes open : * How goodly are thy tents , Jacob , and thy tabernacles , Israel ! * Like valleys are they spread forth , like gardens by the river side , Like aloe-trees which Jehovah hath planted , like cedars beside the waters . * Water shall flow out of his buckets , and his seed shall be in great waters , And his king shall be higher than Agag , and his kingdom shall be exalted . * �God brought him out of Egypt ; he hath as it were the strength of a buffalo . He shall consume the nations his enemies , and break their bones , and with his arrows shall smite [them ] in pieces . * He stooped , he lay down like a lion , and like a lioness : who will stir him up ? Blessed is he that blesseth thee , and cursed is he that curseth thee . * Then Balak 's anger was kindled against Balaam , and he smote his hands together ; and Balak said to Balaam , I called thee to curse mine enemies , and behold , thou hast altogether blessed [them ] these three times ! * And now flee thou to thy place ; I said I would very highly honour thee , and behold , Jehovah has kept thee back from honour . * And Balaam said to Balak , Did I not also speak to thy messengers whom thou sentest to me , saying , * If Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold , I could not go beyond the commandment of Jehovah to do good or bad out of my heart : what Jehovah shall say , that will I speak ? * And now behold , I go to my people : come , I will admonish thee what this people will do to thy people at the end of days . * And he took up his parable , and said , Balaam the son of Beor saith , and the man of opened eye saith , * He saith , who heareth the words of �God , who knoweth the knowledge of the Most High , Who seeth the vision of the Almighty , who falleth down , and who hath his eyes open : * I shall see him , but not now ; I shall behold him , but not nigh : There cometh a Star out of Jacob , and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel , and he shall cut in pieces the corners of Moab , and destroy all the sons of tumult . * And Edom shall be a possession , and Seir a possession , -- they , his enemies ; but Israel will do valiantly . * And one out of Jacob shall have dominion , and will destroy out of the city what remaineth . * And he saw Amalek , and took up his parable , and said , Amalek is the first of the nations , but his latter end shall be for destruction . * And he saw the Kenites , and took up his parable , and said , Firm is thy dwelling-place , and thy nest fixed in the rock ; * But the Kenite shall be consumed , until Asshur shall carry thee away captive . * And he took up his parable , and said , Alas ! Who shall live when �God doeth this ? * And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim , and afflict Asshur , and afflict Eber , and he also shall be for 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 commit fornication with the daughters of Moab .

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