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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. ² And Balaam lifted his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him. ³ And he took up his parable and said, Balaam son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says, ⁴ he says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One, who saw a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were opened: ⁵ How goodly are thy habitations, Jacob, and thy tents, Israel! ⁶ as shady groves, and as gardens by a river, and as tents which God pitched, and as cedars by the waters. ⁷ 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. ⁸ 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 ¹drain their marrow, and with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy. ⁹ 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.

¹⁰ 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 him this third time. ¹¹ Now therefore flee to thy place: I said, I will honour thee, but now the Lord has deprived thee of glory. ¹² And Balaam said to Balac, Did I not speak to thy messengers also whom thou sentest to me, saying, ¹³ If Balac should give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to² transgress the word of the Lord to make it good or bad by myself; whatsoever things God shall say, them will I speak. ¹⁴ And now, behold, I return to my place;

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come, I will advise thee of what this people shall do to thy people in the last days.

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Balaam the son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says, ¹⁶ hearing the oracles of God, ³receiving knowledge from the Most High, and having seen a vision of God in sleep; his eyes were ⁴opened. ¹⁷ 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. ¹⁸ And Edom shall be an inheritance, and Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance of Israel, and Israel wrought valiantly. ¹⁹ And one shall arise out of Jacob, and destroy out of the city him that escapes. ²⁰ And having seen Amalec, he took up his parable and said, Amalec is the first of the nations; yet his seed shall perish. ²¹ And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said, Thy dwelling-place is strong; yet though thou shouldest put thy nest in a rock, ²² and though Beor should have a ⁵ skilfully contrived hiding-place, the Assyrians shall carry thee away captive. ²³ And he looked upon Og, and took up his parable and said, Oh, oh, who shall live, when God shall ⁶do these things? ²⁴ And one shall come forth from the hands of the Citians, and shall afflict Assur, and shall afflict the ⁷Hebrews, and they shall perish together. ²⁵ And Balaam rose up and departed and returned to his place, and Balac went ⁸to his own home.