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* And Balaam said to Balak , Build seven altars for me here , and prepare seven bullocks and seven rams for me here . * And Balak did as Balaam had spoken . And Balak and Balaam offered a bullock and a ram on the altar . * And Balaam said to Balak , Station yourself by your burnt offering , and I will go on ; it may be that Jehovah will come to meet me , and I will declare to you the things which He reveals to Me . and he went to a high place . * And God came to Balaam , and he said to Him , I have set up seven altars . And I have offered a bullock and a ram on the altar . * And Jehovah put a word in Balaam 's mouth , and said , Return to Balak , and you shall say this . * And he returned to him . And , lo , he was standing by his burnt offering , he and all the leaders of Moab . * And he took up his parable and said , He has led me from Aram , Balak king of Moab ; from the mountains of the east , saying , Come , curse Jacob for me ; and , come , rage at Israel . * How shall I curse him whom God has not cursed ? And how shall I rage at him whom Jehovah has not raged at ? * For from the top of the rocks I see him , and I behold him from the heights . Behold , it is a people that shall dwell alone and not be reckoned among the nations . * Who can count Jacob 's dust , and the number of 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 you done to me ? I took you to curse my enemies , and lo you have surely blessed . * And he replied and said , Must not I take heed to speak what Jehovah has put in my mouth ? * And Balak said to him , Now come with me to another place where you will see it ; only you will see its edge and shall not see all of it ; and curse it for me there . * And he took him to the field of Zophim , to the top of Pisgah , and built seven altars , and offered a bull and a ram on the altar . * And he said to Balak , Stand here by the burnt offering while I go to meet Him over there . * And Jehovah met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said , Return to Balak , and say this . * And he came to him , and , lo , he stood by his burnt offering , and Moab 's chiefs with him . And he said to him , What has Jehovah spoken ? * And he took up his parable and said , Rise up , Balak , and hear ; give ear to me , son of Zippor . * God is not a man that He should lie , or a son of man that He should repent . Has He said , and shall He not do it ? And has He spoken , and shall He not make it good ? * Behold , I have received word to bless ; yes , He has blessed ; I cannot reverse it . * He has seen no iniquity in Jacob , nor has He seen mischief in Israel . Jehovah his God is with him , and the shout of a king is in him . * God who brought them out of Egypt is for him like the lofty horns of the wild ox . * For there is not a spell against Jacob , nor any divination against Israel . Now it is said of Jacob and Israel , See what God has done ! * Behold , the people shall rise like a lioness and as a lion he shall lift himself up ; he shall not lie down until he eats the prey and drinks the blood of the slain . * And Balak said to Balaam , Do not curse it at all , nor bless it at all . * And Balaam answered and said to Balak , Did I not speak to you , saying , All that Jehovah speaks , that I will do ? * And Balak said to Balaam , Come , please , I will take you to another place . It may be that it will be right in the eyes of God to curse it for me from there . * And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor , which looks toward the wilderness . * And Balaam said to Balak , Build seven altars for me here , and prepare seven bullocks and seven rams for me here . * And Balak did as Balaam said ; and he offered a bullock and a ram on the altar . * And Balaam saw that it pleased Jehovah to bless Israel , and he did not go , as at other times to seek spells . And he set his face toward the wilderness . * And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping , by its tribes . And the Spirit of God was on him . * And he took up his parable and said , The saying of Balaam the son of Beor , and the saying of the man whose eyes have been opened ; * the saying of him who hears the words of God , who sees the vision of the Almighty , fallen down , yet with open eyes : * How good are your tents , O Jacob , your dwellings , O Israel ! * They are spread out like valleys , like gardens by a river ; and Jehovah has planted aloes , as cedars beside the water . * He makes water flow from his buckets , and his seed shall be in many waters ; his king shall be higher than Agag , and his kingdom exalted . * God who has brought him out of Egypt is for him like the lofty horns of the wild ox ; he shall eat up the nations that are his foes , and shall break their bones in pieces , and shall pierce them through with his arrows . * He has crouched ; he has lain down like a lion , and like a lioness ; who shall rouse him up ? Blessed is everyone that blesses you , and cursed is everyone that curses you . * And Balak 's anger glowed against Balaam , and he struck his palms together . And Balak said to Balaam , I called you to curse my enemies ; and , behold , you have altogether blessed them these three times . * And now , flee to your place . I thought to honor you with great honor , but , behold , Jehovah has kept you back from honor . * And Balaam said to Balak , Did I not speak to your messengers that you sent to me , saying , * If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold , I cannot go beyond the mouth of Jehovah , to do good or bad of my own heart . What Jehovah speaks , that I will speak . * And now , behold , I go to my people . Come , and I will counsel you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days . * And he took up his parable and said , The saying of Balaam the son of Beor , and the saying of the man whose eyes are opened ; * the saying of him who hears the words of God , and knows the knowledge of the Most High , who sees the vision of the Almighty , falling down , yet with open eyes : * I shall see him , but not now ; I shall behold him , but not near . A star shall come forth out of Jacob , and a scepter shall rise out of Israel and shall dash the corners of Moab , and break down all the sons of tumult . * And Edom shall be a possession ; and Seir shall be a possession , for his foes ; but Israel shall do mightily . * And one out of Jacob shall rule , and will destroy the survivors from Ar . * And he looked upon Amalek , and took up his parable and said , Amalek was the first of the nations , but his latter end is to destruction forever . * And he looked upon the Kenites , and took up his parable , and said , Your dwellingplace may be enduring , and your nest may be set in a rock . * But the Kenites shall be consumed , until Assyria shall carry you away . * And he took up his parable and said , Alas ! Who shall live when God puts out ? * And ships shall come from the coast of Cyprus , and they shall humble Assyria , and they shall humble Eber , and he also shall come to destruction forever . * And Balaam rose up and left , and returned to his place ; and Balak also went on his way . * And Israel lived in Shittim . And the people began to fornicate with the daughters of Moab .

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