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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Numbers 24 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Numbers 24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/23.htm" title="Numbers 23">◄</a> Numbers 24 <a href="../numbers/25.htm" title="Numbers 25">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap">1Balaam was sure that the Lord would tell him to bless Israel again. So he did not use any magic to find out what the Lord wanted him to do, as he had the first two times. Instead, he looked out toward the desert 2and saw the tribes of Israel camped below. Just then, God's Spirit took control of him, 3and Balaam said:“I am the son of Beor,and my words are true,<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.3!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> so listen to my message!4It comes from the Lord,the God All-Powerful.I bowed down to himand saw a vision of Israel.5“People of Israel,your camp is lovely.6It's like a grove of palm trees<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> or a garden beside a river.You are like tall aloe treesthat the Lord has planted,or like cedarsgrowing near water.7You and your descendantswill prosper like an orchardbeside a stream.Your king will rule with powerand be a greater kingthan Agag the Amalekite.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.7!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 8With the strength of a wild ox,God led you out of Egypt.You will defeat your enemies,shooting them with arrows<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.8!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> and crushing their bones.9<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> Like a lion you lie down,resting after an attack.Who would dare disturb you?“Anyone who blesses youwill be blessed;anyone who curses youwill be cursed.”10When Balak heard this, he was so furious that he pounded his fist against his hand and said, “I called you here to place a curse on my enemies, and you've blessed them three times. 11Leave now and go home! I told you I would pay you well, but since the Lord didn't let you do what I asked, you won't be paid.”12Balaam answered, “I told your messengers 13that even if you offered me a palace full of silver or gold, I would still obey the Lord. And I explained that I would say only what he told me. 14So I'm going back home, but I'm leaving you with a warning about what the Israelites will someday do to your nation.”<h3 class="s1">Balaam's Fourth Message</h3>15Balaam said:“I am the son of Beor,and my words are true,<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> so listen to my message!16My knowledge comesfrom God Most High,the Lord All-Powerful.I bowed down to himand saw a vision of Israel.17“What I saw in my visionhasn't happened yet.But someday, a king of Israelwill appear like a star.He will wipe out you Moabites<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> and destroy<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.17!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> those tribeswho live in the desert.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.17!f.3" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 18Israel will conquer Edomand capture the landof that enemy nation.19The king of Israel will ruleand destroy the survivorsof every town there.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.19!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 20“And I saw this visionabout the Amalekites:<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.20!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> Their nation is now great,but it will somedaydisappear forever.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.20!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 21“And this is what I sawabout the Kenites:<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.21!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> They think they're safe,living among the rocks,22but they will be wiped outwhen Assyria conquers them.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.22!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 23“No one can surviveif God plans destruction.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.24.23!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 24Ships will come from Cyprus,bringing people who will invadethe lands of Assyria and Eber.But finally, Cyprus itselfwill be ruined.”25After Balaam finished, he started home, and Balak also left.</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.3 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">my words are true: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">grove of palm trees: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “green valley.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.7 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Agag the Amalekite: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Amalekites were longtime enemies of the Israelites (see Exodus 17.8-16), and Agag was one of their most powerful kings.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.8 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">shooting them with arrows: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.15 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">my words are true: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.17 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">you Moabites: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “the territories of Moab.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.17 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">destroy: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Standard Hebrew Text; the Samaritan Hebrew Text “the skulls of.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.17 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">those tribes … desert: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “the descendants of Sheth,” which probably refers to the people who lived in the desert areas of Canaan before the Israelites.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.19 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">every town there: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “Ir in Moab.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.20 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the Amalekites: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 24.7.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.20 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">but … forever: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.21 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the Kenites: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A group of people who lived in the desert south of Israel.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.22 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">them: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 22.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.23 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">destruction: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 23.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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