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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 Literal Standard Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/numbers/24-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And Balaam sees that [it is] good in the eyes of YHWH to bless Israel, and he has not gone as time by time to seek enchantments, and he sets his face toward the wilderness; <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>and Balaam lifts up his eyes, and sees Israel dwelling by its tribes, and the Spirit of God is on him,<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and he takes up his allegory and says: “An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor, "" And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut,<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>An affirmation of him who is hearing sayings of God, "" Who sees a vision of the Almighty, "" Falling—and eyes uncovered:<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>How good have been your tents, O Jacob, "" Your dwelling places, O Israel;<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They have been stretched out as valleys, "" As gardens by a river; As aloes YHWH has planted, "" As cedars by waters;<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He makes water flow from his buckets, "" And his seed [is] in many waters; And his King [is] higher than Gog [[or Agag]], "" And his kingdom is exalted.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>God is bringing him out of Egypt, "" As the swiftness of a wild ox for him, "" He eats up nations—his adversaries, "" And he breaks their bones, "" And he strikes [with] his arrows.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He has bent, he has lain down as a lion, "" And as a lioness, who raises him up? He who is blessing you [is] blessed, "" And he who is cursing you [is] cursed.”<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the anger of Balak burns against Balaam, and he strikes his hands; and Balak says to Balaam, “I called you to pierce my enemies, and behold, you have certainly blessed these three times; <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>and now, flee for yourself to your place; I have said, I greatly honor you, and behold, YHWH has kept you back from honor.” <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Balaam says to Balak, “Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you have sent to me, saying, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If Balak gives to me the fullness of his house of silver and gold, I am not able to pass over the command of YHWH, to do good or evil of my own heart; that which YHWH speaks—it I speak? <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And now, behold, I am going to my people; come, I counsel you [concerning] that which this people does to your people in the latter end of the days.”<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he takes up his allegory and says: “An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor, "" And an affirmation of the man whose eyes [are] shut;<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>An affirmation of him who is hearing sayings of God, "" And knowing knowledge of the Most High; He sees a vision of the Almighty, "" Falling—and eyes uncovered:<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but not near; A star has proceeded from Jacob, "" And a scepter has risen from Israel, "" And has struck corners of Moab, "" And has destroyed all sons of Seth.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Edom has been a possession, "" And Seir has been a possession [for] his enemies, "" And Israel is doing valiantly;<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And [One] rules out of Jacob, "" And has destroyed a remnant from the city.”<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And he sees Amalek, and takes up his allegory, and says: “Amalek [is] first [among] nations, "" But his latter end—destruction forever.”<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he sees the Kenite, and takes up his allegory, and says: “Your dwelling [is] enduring, "" And your nest is being set in a rock,<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>But the Kenite is for a burning; Until when does Asshur keep you captive?”<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And he takes up his allegory and says: “Woe! Who lives when God does this?<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But ships [come] from the side of Chittim, "" And they have humbled Asshur, "" And they have humbled Eber, "" But it is also perishing forever.”<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Balaam rises, and goes, and turns back to his place, and Balak has also gone on his way.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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