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And Balaam said unto Balak ,
Build me here seven altars ,
and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams .
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And Balak did as Balaam had spoken ;
and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram .
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And Balaam said unto Balak ,
Stand by thy burnt offering ,
and I will go :
peradventure the LORD will come to meet me :
and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee .
And he went to an high place .
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And God met Balaam :
and he said unto him ,
I have prepared seven altars ,
and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram .
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And the LORD put a word in Balaam '
s mouth ,
and said ,
Return unto Balak ,
and thus thou shalt speak .
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And he returned unto him ,
and ,
lo ,
he stood by his burnt sacrifice ,
he ,
and all the princes of Moab .
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And he took up his parable ,
and said ,
Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram ,
out of the mountains of the east ,
saying ,
Come ,
curse me Jacob ,
and come ,
defy Israel .
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How shall I curse ,
whom God hath not cursed ?
or how shall I defy ,
whom the LORD hath not defied ?
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For from the top of the rocks I see him ,
and from the hills I behold him :
lo ,
the people shall dwell alone ,
and shall not be reckoned among the nations .
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Who can count the dust of Jacob ,
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 !
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And Balak said unto Balaam ,
What hast thou done unto me ?
I took thee to curse mine enemies ,
and ,
behold ,
thou hast blessed them altogether .
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And he answered and said ,
Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth ?
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And Balak said unto him ,
Come ,
I pray thee ,
with me unto another place ,
from whence thou mayest see them :
thou shalt see but the utmost part of them ,
and shalt not see them all :
and curse me them from thence .
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And he brought him into the field of Zophim ,
to the top of Pisgah ,
and built seven altars ,
and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar .
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And he said unto Balak ,
Stand here by thy burnt offering ,
while I meet the LORD yonder .
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And the LORD met Balaam ,
and put a word in his mouth ,
and said ,
Go again unto Balak ,
and say thus .
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And when he came to him ,
behold ,
he stood by his burnt offering ,
and the princes of Moab with him .
And Balak said unto him ,
What hath the LORD spoken ?
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And he took up his parable ,
and said ,
Rise up ,
Balak ,
and hear ;
hearken unto me ,
thou son of Zippor :
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God is not a man ,
that he should lie ;
neither the son of man ,
that he should repent :
hath he said ,
and shall he not do it ?
or hath he spoken ,
and shall he not make it good ?
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Behold ,
I have received commandment to bless :
and he hath blessed ;
and I cannot reverse it .
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He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob ,
neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel :
the LORD his God is with him ,
and the shout of a king is among them .
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God brought them out of Egypt ;
he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn .
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Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob ,
neither is there any divination against Israel :
according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel ,
What hath God wrought !
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Behold ,
the people shall rise up as a great lion ,
and lift up himself as a young lion :
he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey ,
and drink the blood of the slain .
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And Balak said unto Balaam ,
Neither curse them at all ,
nor bless them at all .
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But Balaam answered and said unto Balak ,
Told not I thee ,
saying ,
All that the LORD speaketh ,
that I must do ?
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And Balak said unto Balaam ,
Come ,
I pray thee ,
I will bring thee unto another place ;
peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence .
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And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor ,
that looketh toward Jeshimon .
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And Balaam said unto Balak ,
Build me here seven altars ,
and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams .
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And Balak did as Balaam had said ,
and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar .
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And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel ,
he went not ,
as at other times ,
to seek for enchantments ,
but he set his face toward the wilderness .
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And Balaam lifted up his eyes ,
and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes ;
and the spirit of God came upon him .
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And he took up his parable ,
and said ,
Balaam the son of Beor hath said ,
and the man whose eyes are open hath said :
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He hath said ,
which heard the words of God ,
which saw the vision of the Almighty ,
falling into a trance ,
but having his eyes open :
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How goodly are thy tents ,
O Jacob ,
and thy tabernacles ,
O Israel !
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As the valleys are they spread forth ,
as gardens by the river '
s side ,
as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted ,
and as cedar trees beside the waters .
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He shall pour the water out of his buckets ,
and his seed shall be in many waters ,
and his king shall be higher than Agag ,
and his kingdom shall be exalted .
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God brought him forth out of Egypt ;
he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn :
he shall eat up the nations his enemies ,
and shall break their bones ,
and pierce them through with his arrows .
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He couched ,
he lay down as a lion ,
and as a great lion :
who shall stir him up ?
Blessed is he that blesseth thee ,
and cursed is he that curseth thee .
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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 .
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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 .
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And Balaam said unto Balak ,
Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me ,
saying ,
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If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold ,
I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD ,
to do either good or bad of mine own mind ;
but what the LORD saith ,
that will I speak ?
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And now ,
behold ,
I go unto my people :
come therefore ,
and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days .
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And he took up his parable ,
and said ,
Balaam the son of Beor hath said ,
and the man whose eyes are open hath said :
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He hath said ,
which heard the words of God ,
and knew the knowledge of the most High ,
which saw the vision of the Almighty ,
falling into a trance ,
but having his eyes open :
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I shall see him ,
but not now :
I shall behold him ,
but not nigh :
there shall come a Star out of Jacob ,
and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel ,
and shall smite the corners of Moab ,
and destroy all the children of Sheth .
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And Edom shall be a possession ,
Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies ;
and Israel shall do valiantly .
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Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion ,
and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city .
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And when he looked on Amalek ,
he took up his parable ,
and said ,
Amalek was the first of the nations ;
but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever .
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And he looked on the Kenites ,
and took up his parable ,
and said ,
Strong is thy dwellingplace ,
and thou puttest thy nest in a rock .
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Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted ,
until Asshur shall carry thee away captive .
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And he took up his parable ,
and said ,
Alas ,
who shall live when God doeth this !
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And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim ,
and shall afflict Asshur ,
and shall afflict Eber ,
and he also shall perish for ever .
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And Balaam rose up ,
and went and returned to his place :
and Balak also went his way .
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And Israel abode in Shittim ,
and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab .