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and the Spirit of God came upon him.</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then he took up his oracle and said:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Num-24-3">“The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-3">The utterance of the man whose eyes are opened,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The utterance of him who hears the words of God,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-4">Who sees the vision of the Almighty,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-4">Who falls down, with eyes wide open:</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“How lovely are your tents, O Jacob!</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-5">Your dwellings, O Israel!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Like valleys that stretch out,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-6">Like gardens by the riverside,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-6">Like aloes planted by the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-6">Like cedars beside the waters.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He shall pour water from his buckets,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-7">And his seed <i>shall be</i> in many waters.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Num-24-7">“His king shall be higher than Agag,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-7">And his kingdom shall be exalted.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“God brings him out of Egypt;</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-8">He has strength like a wild ox;</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-8">He shall consume the nations, his enemies;</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-8">He shall break their bones</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-8">And pierce <i>them</i> with his arrows.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>‘He bows down, he lies down as a lion;</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-9">And as a lion, who shall rouse him?’</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Num-24-9">“Blessed <i>is</i> he who blesses you,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-9">And cursed <i>is</i> he who curses you.”</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Then Balak’s anger was aroused against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have bountifully blessed <i>them</i> these three times! </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Now therefore, flee to your place. I said I would greatly honor you, but in fact, the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> has kept you back from honor.”</span></p> <p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>So Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying, </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>‘If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span>, to do good or bad of my own will. What the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps divine-name">Lord</span> says, that I must speak’? </span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And now, indeed, I am going to my people. Come, I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the latter days.”</span></p> <h3> Balaam’s Fourth Prophecy</span></h3><p><span class="text Num-24-15"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So he took up his oracle and said:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Num-24-15">“The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-15">And the utterance of the man whose eyes are opened;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The utterance of him who hears the words of God,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-16">And has the knowledge of the Most High,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-16"><i>Who</i> sees the vision of the Almighty,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-16"><i>Who</i> falls down, with eyes wide open:</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“I see Him, but not now;</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-17">I behold Him, but not near;</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-17">A Star shall come out of Jacob;</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-17">A Scepter shall rise out of Israel,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-17">And <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[b]</a></span>batter the brow of Moab,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-17">And destroy all the sons of <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[c]</a></span>tumult.</span></p></div> <div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“And Edom shall be a possession;</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-18">Seir also, his enemies, shall be a possession,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-18">While Israel does <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[d]</a></span>valiantly.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Out of Jacob One <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[e]</a></span>shall have dominion,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-19">And destroy the remains of the city.”</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then he looked on Amalek, and he took up his oracle and said:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Num-24-20">“Amalek <i>was</i> first among the nations,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-20">But <i>shall be</i> last until he perishes.”</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Then he looked on the Kenites, and he took up his oracle and said:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Num-24-21">“Firm is your dwelling place,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-21">And your nest is set in the rock;</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Nevertheless Kain shall be burned.</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-22">How long until Asshur carries you away captive?”</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Then he took up his oracle and said:</span></p><div class="poetry_top-1"><p class="line"><span class="text Num-24-23">“Alas! Who shall live when God does this?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>But ships <i>shall come</i> from the coasts of Cyprus,<span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[f]</a></span></span><br /><span class="text Num-24-24">And they shall afflict Asshur and afflict Eber,</span><br /><span class="text Num-24-24">And so shall <span class="fn"><a href="#footnotes">[g]</a></span><i>Amalek</i>, until he perishes.”</span></p></div> <p class="top-1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/numbers/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>So Balaam rose and departed and returned to his place; Balak also went his way.</span></p> <A name="footnotes"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes:</h4><ol><li id="fen-NKJV-4448a"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Numbers 24:1">Numbers 24:1</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>enchantments</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-4464b"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Numbers 24:17">Numbers 24:17</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>shatter the forehead</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-4464c"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Numbers 24:17">Numbers 24:17</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. <i>Sheth,</i> <span class="bibleref" data-bibleref="Jer.48.45" href="/passage/?search=Jer.48.45&version=NKJV">Jer. 48:45</span></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-4465d"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Numbers 24:18">Numbers 24:18</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>mightily</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-4466e"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Numbers 24:19">Numbers 24:19</span> <span class='footnote-text'><i>shall rule</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-4471f"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Numbers 24:24">Numbers 24:24</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb. <i>Kittim</i></span></li><li id="fen-NKJV-4471g"><span class="fnref" title="Go to Numbers 24:24">Numbers 24:24</span> <span class='footnote-text'>Lit. <i>he</i> or <i>that one</i></span></li></ol></div> <!--end of footnotes--></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. 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