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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 Brenton's Septuagint Translation</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><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="../">Brenton</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">Brenton's Septuagint Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/numbers/24-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Balaam’s Third Oracle<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not go according to his custom to meet the omens, but turned 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 lifted up his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And he took up his parable and said, Balaam son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says,<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>he says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, who saw a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened:<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>How goodly <i>are</i> thy habitations, Jacob, and thy tents, Israel!<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>as shady groves, and as gardens by a river, and as tents which God pitched, and as cedars by the waters.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>There shall come a man out of his seed, and he shall rule over many nations; and the kingdom of Gog shall be exalted, and his kingdom shall be increased.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>God led him out of Egypt; he has as it were the glory of a unicorn: he shall consume the nations of his enemies, and he shall drain their marrow, and with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion; who shall stir him up? they that bless thee are blessed, and they that curse thee are cursed.<p> <A name="11"></a><p class="hdg">Balak Dismisses Balaam<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Balac was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balac said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemy, and behold thou hast decidedly blessed <i>him</i> this third time. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Now therefore flee to thy place: I said, I will honour thee, but now the Lord has deprived thee of glory. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Balaam said to Balac, Did I not speak to thy messengers also whom thou sentest to me, saying, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>If Balac should give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to transgress the word of the Lord to make it good or bad by myself; whatsoever things God shall say, them will I speak. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And now, behold, I return to my place; come, I will advise thee of what this people shall do to thy people in the last days.<p> <A name="16"></a><p class="hdg">Balaam’s Fourth Oracle<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And he took up his parable and said, Balaam the son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says,<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>hearing the oracles of God, receiving knowledge from the Most High, and having seen a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I will point to him, but not now; I bless him, but he draws not near: a star shall rise out of Jacob, a man shall spring out of Israel; and shall crush the princes of Moab, and shall spoil all the sons of Seth.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance <i>of Israel</i>, and Israel wrought valiantly.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And <i>one</i> shall arise out of Jacob, and destroy out of the city him that escapes.<p> <A name="21"></a><p class="hdg">Balaam’s Final Three Oracles<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec <i>is</i> the first of the nations; yet his seed shall perish.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said, thy dwelling-place <i>is</i> strong; yet though thou shouldest put thy nest in a rock,<p> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and though Beor should have a skillfully contrived hiding-place, the Assyrians shall carry thee away captive.<p> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And he looked upon Og, and took up his parable and said, Oh, oh, who shall live, when God shall do these things?<p> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And one shall come forth from the hands of the Citians, and shall afflict Assur, and shall afflict the Hebrews, and they shall perish together.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Balaam rose up and departed and returned to his place, and Balac went to his own home.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The English translation of The Septuagint by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../numbers/23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../numbers/25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>