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<p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Like <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>valleys that stretch out, <p class="indent2">Like gardens beside the river, <p class="indent2">Like aloes planted by Yahweh, <p class="indent2">Like cedars beside the waters. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Water will flow from his buckets, <p class="indent2">And his seed <i>will be</i> by many waters, <p class="indent2">And his king shall be lifted up higher than Agag, <p class="indent2">And his kingdom shall be exalted. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>God brings him out of Egypt, <p class="indent2">He is for him like the horns of the wild ox. <p class="indent2">He will devour the nations <i>who are</i> his adversaries, <p class="indent2">And will gnaw their bones in pieces, <p class="indent2">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>shatter <i>them</i> with his arrows. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>crouches, he lies down as a lion, <p class="indent2">And as a <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>lion, who <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>dares rouse him? <p class="indent2">Blessed is everyone who blesses you, <p class="indent2">And cursed is everyone who curses you.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have blessed them repeatedly these three times! <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>So now, <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>flee to your place. I said I would honor you greatly, but behold, Yahweh has held you back from honor.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not tell your messengers whom you had sent to me, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>‘Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything to trespass the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>command of Yahweh, either good or bad, of my own <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>accord. What Yahweh speaks, that I will speak’? <span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>So now, behold, I am going to my people; come, <i>and</i> I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the last days.” <p class="hdg">Oracle of Balaam</p><p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then he took up his discourse and said, <p class="indent2">“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, <p class="indent2">And the oracle of the man whose eye is uncovered, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The oracle of him who hears the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>words of God, <p class="indent2">And knows the knowledge of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Most High, <p class="indent2">Who beholds the vision of the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Almighty, <p class="indent2">Falling down, yet having his eyes opened. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>I see him, but not now; <p class="indent2">I behold him, but not near; <p class="indent2">A star shall come forth from Jacob, <p class="indent2">A scepter shall rise from Israel, <p class="indent2">And shall crush through the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>forehead of Moab, <p class="indent2">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>tear down all the sons of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Sheth. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Edom shall be a possession, <p class="indent2">Seir, its enemies, also will be a possession, <p class="indent2">While Israel performs valiantly. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And one from Jacob shall have dominion, <p class="indent2">And will make the survivor perish from the city.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then he looked at Amalek and took up his discourse and said, <p class="indent2">“Amalek was the first of the nations, <p class="indent2">But his end <i>shall be</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>destruction.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then he looked at the Kenite and took up his discourse and said, <p class="indent2">“Your habitation is enduring, <p class="indent2">And your nest is set in the cliff. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Nevertheless Kain will be consumed; <p class="indent2">How long will Asshur <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>keep you captive?” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then he took up his discourse and said, <p class="indent2">“Woe, who can live except when God has ordained it? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But ships <i>shall come</i> from the coast of Kittim, <p class="indent2">And they shall afflict Asshur and will afflict Eber; <p class="indent2">So they also <i>will come</i> to destruction.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/numbers/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Then Balaam arose and went and returned to his place, and Balak also went his way.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>meet</i>, cf. 21:33; 22:34, 36; 23:3<br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>parable</i>, so in ch<br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>sayings</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Heb <i>Shaddai</i><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> Or possibly <i>palm trees</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>crush</i>, cf. 24:17<br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>bows down</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>lioness</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Lit <i>shall</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Lit <i>palms</i><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> Lit <i>flee for yourself</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>mouth</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>heart</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Lit <i>sayings</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Heb <i>Elyon</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Heb <i>Shaddai</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>corners</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Or <i>the skull of the head of</i><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> Lit <i>tumult</i><br><span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>to destroying</i><br><span class="fnverse">22</span> Lit <i>take</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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