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* And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel , he went not , as at the other times , to meet with enchantments , but he set his face toward the wilderness . * And Balaam lifted up his eyes , and he saw Israel dwelling tribe by tribe ; and the spirit of God came upon him . * And he took up his parable , and said : The saying of Balaam the son of Beor , and the saying of the man whose eye is opened ; * The saying of him who heareth the words of God , who seeth the vision of the Almighty , fallen down , yet with opened eyes : * How goodly are thy tents , O Jacob , thy dwellings , O Israel ! * As valleys stretched out , as gardens by the river-side ; as aloes planted of the LORD , as cedars beside the waters ; * Water shall flow from his branches , and his seed shall be in many waters ; and his king shall be higher than Agag , and his kingdom shall be exalted . * God who brought him forth out of Egypt is for him like the lofty horns of the wild-ox ; he shall eat up the nations that are his adversaries , and shall break their bones in pieces , and pierce them through with his arrows . * He couched , he lay down as a lion , and as a lioness ; who shall rouse him up ? Blessed be every one that blesseth thee , and cursed be every one that curseth thee . * And Balak 's anger was kindled against Balaam , and he smote his hands together ; and Balak said unto Balaam : 'I called thee to curse mine enemies , and , behold , thou hast altogether blessed them these three times . * Therefore now flee thou to thy place ; I thought to promote thee unto great honour ; but , lo , the LORD hath kept thee back from honour .' * And Balaam said unto Balak : 'Spoke I not also to thy messengers that thou didst send unto me , saying : * If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold , I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD , to do either good or bad of mine own mind ; what the LORD speaketh , that will I speak ? * And now , behold , I go unto my people ; come , and I will announce to thee what this people shall do to thy people in the end of days .' * And he took up his parable , and said : The saying of Balaam the son of Beor , and the saying of the man whose eye is opened ; * The saying of him who heareth the words of God , and knoweth the knowledge of the Most High , who seeth the vision of the Almighty , fallen down , yet with opened eyes : * I see him , but not now ; I behold him , but not nigh ; there shall step 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 Seth . * And Edom shall be a possession , Seir also , even his enemies , shall be a possession ; while Israel doeth valiantly . * And out of Jacob shall one 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 end shall come to destruction . * And he looked on the Kenite , and took up his parable , and said : Though firm be thy dwelling-place , and though thy nest be set in the rock ; * Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted ; How long ? Asshur shall carry thee away captive . * And he took up his parable , and said : Alas , who shall live after God hath appointed him ? * 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 .

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