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Numbers 22:1--24:25

22:1

And the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>

set forward
<05265> (8799)_,

and pitched
<02583> (8799)

in the plains
<06160>

of Moab
<04124>

on this side
<05676>

Jordan
<03383>

[by] Jericho
<03405>_.

22:2

And Balak
<01111>

the son
<01121>

of Zippor
<06834>

saw
<07200> (8799)

all that Israel
<03478>

had done
<06213> (8804)

to the Amorites
<0567>_.

22:3

And Moab
<04124>

was sore
<03966>

afraid
<01481> (8799)

of
<06440>

the people
<05971>_,

because they [were] many
<07227>_:

and Moab
<04124>

was distressed
<06973> (8799)

because of
<06440>

the children
<01121>

of Israel
<03478>_.

22:4

And Moab
<04124>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the elders
<02205>

of Midian
<04080>_,

Now shall this company
<06951>

lick up
<03897> (8762)

all [that are] round about
<05439>

us, as the ox
<07794>

licketh up
<03897> (8800)

the grass
<03418>

of the field
<07704>_.

And Balak
<01111>

the son
<01121>

of Zippor
<06834>

[was] king
<04428>

of the Moabites
<04124>

at that time
<06256>_.

22:5

He sent
<07971> (8799)

messengers
<04397>

therefore unto Balaam
<01109>

the son
<01121>

of Beor
<01160>

to Pethor
<06604>_,

which [is] by the river
<05104>

of the land
<0776>

of the children
<01121>

of his people
<05971>_,

to call
<07121> (8800)

him, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Behold, there is a people
<05971>

come out
<03318> (8804)

from Egypt
<04714>_:

behold, they cover
<03680> (8765)

the face
<05869>

of the earth
<0776>_,

and they abide
<03427> (8802)

over against
<04136>

me: {face: Heb. eye}

22:6

Come
<03212> (8798)

now therefore, I pray thee, curse
<0779> (8798)

me this people
<05971>_;

for they [are] too mighty
<06099>

for me: peradventure I shall prevail
<03201> (8799)_,

[that] we may smite
<05221> (8686)

them, and [that] I may drive them out
<01644> (8762)

of the land
<0776>_:

for I wot
<03045> (8804)

that he whom thou blessest
<01288> (8762)

[is] blessed
<01288> (8794)_,

and he whom thou cursest
<0779> (8799)

is cursed
<0779> (8714)_.

22:7

And the elders
<02205>

of Moab
<04124>

and the elders
<02205>

of Midian
<04080>

departed
<03212> (8799)

with the rewards of divination
<07081>

in their hand
<03027>_;

and they came
<0935> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

and spake
<01696> (8762)

unto him the words
<01697>

of Balak
<01111>_.

22:8

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto them, Lodge
<03885> (8798)

here this night
<03915>_,

and I will bring
<07725> (0)

you word
<01697>

again
<07725> (8689)_,

as the LORD
<03068>

shall speak
<01696> (8762)

unto me: and the princes
<08269>

of Moab
<04124>

abode
<03427> (8799)

with Balaam
<01109>_.

22:9

And God
<0430>

came
<0935> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

What men
<0582>

[are] these with thee?

22:10

And Balaam
<01109>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto God
<0430>_,

Balak
<01111>

the son
<01121>

of Zippor
<06834>_,

king
<04428>

of Moab
<04124>_,

hath sent
<07971> (8804)

unto me, [saying],

22:11

Behold, [there is] a people
<05971>

come out
<03318> (8802)

of Egypt
<04714>_,

which covereth
<03680> (8762)

the face
<05869>

of the earth
<0776>_:

come
<03212> (8798)

now, curse
<06895> (8798)

me them; peradventure I shall be able
<03201> (8799)

to overcome
<03898> (8736)

them, and drive them out
<01644> (8765)_.

{I shall...: Heb. I shall prevail in fighting against him}

22:12

And God
<0430>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

Thou shalt not go
<03212> (8799)

with them; thou shalt not curse
<0779> (8799)

the people
<05971>_:

for they [are] blessed
<01288> (8803)_.

22:13

And Balaam
<01109>

rose up
<06965> (8799)

in the morning
<01242>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto the princes
<08269>

of Balak
<01111>_,

Get
<03212> (8798)

you into your land
<0776>_:

for the LORD
<03068>

refuseth
<03985> (8765)

to give me leave
<05414> (8800)

to go
<01980> (8800)

with you.

22:14

And the princes
<08269>

of Moab
<04124>

rose up
<06965> (8799)_,

and they went
<0935> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Balaam
<01109>

refuseth
<03985> (8765)

to come
<01980> (8800)

with us.

22:15

And Balak
<01111>

sent
<07971> (8800)

yet again
<03254> (8686)

princes
<08269>_,

more
<07227>_,

and more honourable
<03513> (8737)

than they.

22:16

And they came
<0935> (8799)

to Balaam
<01109>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

to him, Thus saith
<0559> (8804)

Balak
<01111>

the son
<01121>

of Zippor
<06834>_,

Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder
<04513> (8735)

thee from coming
<01980> (8800)

unto me: {Let...: Heb. Be not thou hindered from, etc}

22:17

For I will promote
<03513> (0)

thee unto very
<03966>

great
<03513> (8763)

honour
<03513> (8762)_,

and I will do
<06213> (8799)

whatsoever thou sayest
<0559> (8799)

unto me: come
<03212> (8798)

therefore, I pray thee, curse
<06895> (8798)

me this people
<05971>_.

22:18

And Balaam
<01109>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto the servants
<05650>

of Balak
<01111>_,

If Balak
<01111>

would give
<05414> (8799)

me his house
<01004>

full
<04393>

of silver
<03701>

and gold
<02091>_,

I cannot
<03201> (8799)

go beyond
<05674> (8800)

the word
<06310>

of the LORD
<03068>

my God
<0430>_,

to do
<06213> (8800)

less
<06996>

or more
<01419>_.

22:19

Now therefore, I pray you, tarry
<03427> (8798)

ye also here this night
<03915>_,

that I may know
<03045> (8799)

what the LORD
<03068>

will say
<01696> (8763)

unto me more
<03254> (8686)_.

22:20

And God
<0430>

came
<0935> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>

at night
<03915>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, If the men
<0582>

come
<0935> (8804)

to call
<07121> (8800)

thee, rise up
<06965> (8798)_,

[and] go
<03212> (8798)

with them; but yet
<0389>

the word
<01697>

which I shall say
<01696> (8762)

unto thee, that shalt thou do
<06213> (8799)_.

22:21

And Balaam
<01109>

rose up
<06965> (8799)

in the morning
<01242>_,

and saddled
<02280> (8799)

his ass
<0860>_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

with the princes
<08269>

of Moab
<04124>_.

22:22

And God's
<0430>

anger
<0639>

was kindled
<02734> (8799)

because he went
<01980> (8802)_:

and the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

stood
<03320> (8691)

in the way
<01870>

for an adversary
<07854>

against him. Now he was riding
<07392> (8802)

upon his ass
<0860>_,

and his two
<08147>

servants
<05288>

[were] with him.

22:23

And the ass
<0860>

saw
<07200> (8799)

the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

standing
<05324> (8737)

in the way
<01870>_,

and his sword
<02719>

drawn
<08025> (8803)

in his hand
<03027>_:

and the ass
<0860>

turned aside
<05186> (8799)

out of the way
<01870>_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

into the field
<07704>_:

and Balaam
<01109>

smote
<05221> (8686)

the ass
<0860>_,

to turn
<05186> (8687)

her into the way
<01870>_.

22:24

But the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

stood
<05975> (8799)

in a path
<04934>

of the vineyards
<03754>_,

a wall
<01447>

[being] on this side, and a wall
<01447>

on that side.

22:25

And when the ass
<0860>

saw
<07200> (8799)

the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

she thrust
<03905> (8735)

herself unto the wall
<07023>_,

and crushed
<03905> (8799)

Balaam's
<01109>

foot
<07272>

against the wall
<07023>_:

and he smote
<05221> (8687)

her again
<03254> (8686)_.

22:26

And the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

went
<05674> (8800)

further
<03254> (8686)_,

and stood
<05975> (8799)

in a narrow
<06862>

place
<04725>_,

where [was] no way
<01870>

to turn
<05186> (8800)

either to the right hand
<03225>

or to the left
<08040>_.

22:27

And when the ass
<0860>

saw
<07200> (8799)

the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

she fell down
<07257> (8799)

under Balaam
<01109>_:

and Balaam's
<01109>

anger
<0639>

was kindled
<02734> (8799)_,

and he smote
<05221> (8686)

the ass
<0860>

with a staff
<04731>_.

22:28

And the LORD
<03068>

opened
<06605> (8799)

the mouth
<06310>

of the ass
<0860>_,

and she said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

What have I done
<06213> (8804)

unto thee, that thou hast smitten
<05221> (8689)

me these three
<07969>

times
<07272>_?

22:29

And Balaam
<01109>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the ass
<0860>_,

Because thou hast mocked
<05953> (8694)

me: I would
<03863>

there were
<03426>

a sword
<02719>

in mine hand
<03027>_,

for now would I kill
<02026> (8804)

thee.

22:30

And the ass
<0860>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

[Am] not I thine ass
<0860>_,

upon which thou hast ridden
<07392> (8804)

ever since [I was] thine unto this day
<03117>_?

was I ever
<05532> (8687)

wont
<05532> (8689)

to do so
<06213> (8800)

unto thee? And he said
<0559> (8799)_,

Nay. {upon...: Heb. who hast ridden upon me} {ever since...: or, ever since thou wast, etc}

22:31

Then the LORD
<03068>

opened
<01540> (8762)

the eyes
<05869>

of Balaam
<01109>_,

and he saw
<07200> (8799)

the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

standing
<05324> (8737)

in the way
<01870>_,

and his sword
<02719>

drawn
<08025> (8803)

in his hand
<03027>_:

and he bowed down
<06915> (8799)

his head, and fell flat
<07812> (8691)

on his face
<0639>_.

{fell...: or, bowed himself}

22:32

And the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten
<05221> (8689)

thine ass
<0860>

these three
<07969>

times
<07272>_?

behold, I went out
<03318> (8804)

to withstand
<07854>

thee, because [thy] way
<01870>

is perverse
<03399> (8804)

before me: {to...: Heb. to be an adversary unto thee}

22:33

And the ass
<0860>

saw
<07200> (8799)

me, and turned
<05186> (8799)

from me
<06440>

these three
<07969>

times
<07272>_:

unless
<0194>

she had turned
<05186> (8804)

from me
<06440>_,

surely now also I had slain
<02026> (8804)

thee, and saved her alive
<02421> (8689)_.

22:34

And Balaam
<01109>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

I have sinned
<02398> (8804)_;

for I knew
<03045> (8804)

not that thou stoodest
<05324> (8737)

in the way
<01870>

against
<07125> (8800)

me: now therefore, if it displease thee
<07489> (8804) <05869>_,

I will get me back again
<07725> (8799)_.

{displease...: Heb. be evil in thine eyes}

22:35

And the angel
<04397>

of the LORD
<03068>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

Go
<03212> (8798)

with the men
<0582>_:

but only
<0657>

the word
<01697>

that I shall speak
<01696> (8762)

unto thee, that thou shalt speak
<01696> (8762)_.

So Balaam
<01109>

went
<03212> (8799)

with the princes
<08269>

of Balak
<01111>_.

22:36

And when Balak
<01111>

heard
<08085> (8799)

that Balaam
<01109>

was come
<0935> (8802)_,

he went out
<03318> (8799)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

him unto a city
<05892>

of Moab
<04124>_,

which [is] in the border
<01366>

of Arnon
<0769>_,

which [is] in the utmost
<07097>

coast
<01366>_.

22:37

And Balak
<01111>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

Did I not earnestly
<07971> (8800)

send
<07971> (8804)

unto thee to call
<07121> (8800)

thee? wherefore camest
<01980> (8804)

thou not unto me? am I not able
<03201> (8799)

indeed
<0552>

to promote thee to honour
<03513> (8763)_?

22:38

And Balaam
<01109>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

Lo, I am come
<0935> (8804)

unto thee: have I now any power
<03201> (8799)

at all
<03201> (8800)

to say
<01696> (8763)

any thing
<03972>_?

the word
<01697>

that God
<0430>

putteth
<07760> (8799)

in my mouth
<06310>_,

that shall I speak
<01696> (8762)_.

22:39

And Balaam
<01109>

went
<03212> (8799)

with Balak
<01111>_,

and they came
<0935> (8799)

unto Kirjathhuzoth
<02351> <07155>_.

{Kirjathhuzoth: or, a city of streets}

22:40

And Balak
<01111>

offered
<02076> (8799)

oxen
<01241>

and sheep
<06629>_,

and sent
<07971> (8762)

to Balaam
<01109>_,

and to the princes
<08269>

that [were] with him.

22:41

And it came to pass on the morrow
<01242>_,

that Balak
<01111>

took
<03947> (8799)

Balaam
<01109>_,

and brought him up
<05927> (8686)

into the high places
<01116>

of Baal
<01120>_,

that thence he might see
<07200> (8799)

the utmost
<07097>

[part] of the people
<05971>_.

23:1

And Balaam
<01109>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

Build
<01129> (8798)

me here seven
<07651>

altars
<04196>_,

and prepare
<03559> (8685)

me here seven
<07651>

oxen
<06499>

and seven
<07651>

rams
<0352>_.

23:2

And Balak
<01111>

did
<06213> (8799)

as Balaam
<01109>

had spoken
<01696> (8765)_;

and Balak
<01111>

and Balaam
<01109>

offered
<05927> (8686)

on [every] altar
<04196>

a bullock
<06499>

and a ram
<0352>_.

23:3

And Balaam
<01109>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

Stand
<03320> (8690)

by thy burnt offering
<05930>_,

and I will go
<03212> (8799)_:

peradventure the LORD
<03068>

will come
<07136> (8735)

to meet
<07125> (8800)

me: and whatsoever
<01697>

he sheweth
<07200> (8686)

me I will tell
<05046> (8689)

thee. And he went
<03212> (8799)

to an high place
<08205>_.

{to an...: or, solitary}

23:4

And God
<0430>

met
<07136> (8735)

Balaam
<01109>_:

and he said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, I have prepared
<06186> (8804)

seven
<07651>

altars
<04196>_,

and I have offered
<05927> (8686)

upon [every] altar
<04196>

a bullock
<06499>

and a ram
<0352>_.

23:5

And the LORD
<03068>

put
<07760> (8799)

a word
<01697>

in Balaam's
<01109>

mouth
<06310>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Return
<07725> (8798)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

and thus thou shalt speak
<01696> (8762)_.

23:6

And he returned
<07725> (8799)

unto him, and, lo, he stood
<05324> (8737)

by his burnt sacrifice
<05930>_,

he, and all the princes
<08269>

of Moab
<04124>_.

23:7

And he took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Balak
<01111>

the king
<04428>

of Moab
<04124>

hath brought
<05148> (8686)

me from Aram
<0758>_,

out of the mountains
<02042>

of the east
<06924>_,

[saying], Come
<03212> (8798)_,

curse
<0779> (8798)

me Jacob
<03290>_,

and come
<03212> (8798)_,

defy
<02194> (8798)

Israel
<03478>_.

23:8

How
<04100>

shall I curse
<05344> (8799)_,

whom God
<0410>

hath not cursed
<06895> (8804)_?

or how shall I defy
<02194> (8799)_,

[whom] the LORD
<03068>

hath not defied
<02194> (8804)_?

23:9

For from the top
<07218>

of the rocks
<06697>

I see
<07200> (8799)

him, and from the hills
<01389>

I behold
<07789> (8799)

him: lo, the people
<05971>

shall dwell
<07931> (8799)

alone
<0910>_,

and shall not be reckoned
<02803> (8691)

among the nations
<01471>_.

23:10

Who can count
<04487> (8804)

the dust
<06083>

of Jacob
<03290>_,

and the number
<04557>

of the fourth
<07255>

[part] of Israel
<03478>_?

Let me die
<04191> (8799) <05315>

the death
<04194>

of the righteous
<03477>_,

and let my last
<0319>

end be like his! {me: Heb. my soul, or, my life}

23:11

And Balak
<01111>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

What hast thou done
<06213> (8804)

unto me? I took
<03947> (8804)

thee to curse
<06895> (8800)

mine enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and, behold, thou hast blessed
<01288> (8765)

[them] altogether
<01288> (8763)_.

23:12

And he answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Must I not take heed
<08104> (8799)

to speak
<01696> (8763)

that which the LORD
<03068>

hath put
<07760> (8799)

in my mouth
<06310>_?

23:13

And Balak
<01111>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, Come
<03212> (8798)_,

I pray thee, with me unto another
<0312>

place
<04725>_,

from whence thou mayest see
<07200> (8799)

them: thou shalt see
<07200> (8799)

but
<0657>

the utmost
<07097>

part of them, and shalt not see
<07200> (8799)

them all: and curse
<06895> (8798)

me them from thence.

23:14

And he brought
<03947> (8799)

him into the field
<07704>

of Zophim
<06839> (8677) <06822> (8802)_,

to the top
<07218>

of Pisgah
<06449>_,

and built
<01129> (8799)

seven
<07651>

altars
<04196>_,

and offered
<05927> (8686)

a bullock
<06499>

and a ram
<0352>

on [every] altar
<04196>_.

{Pisgah: or, the hill}

23:15

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

Stand
<03320> (8690)

here
<03541>

by thy burnt offering
<05930>_,

while I meet
<07136> (8735)

[the LORD] yonder
<03541>_.

23:16

And the LORD
<03068>

met
<07136> (8735)

Balaam
<01109>_,

and put
<07760> (8799)

a word
<01697>

in his mouth
<06310>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Go again
<07725> (8798)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

and say
<01696> (8762)

thus.

23:17

And when he came
<0935> (8799)

to him, behold, he stood
<05324> (8737)

by his burnt offering
<05930>_,

and the princes
<08269>

of Moab
<04124>

with him. And Balak
<01111>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, What hath the LORD
<03068>

spoken
<01696> (8765)_?

23:18

And he took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Rise up
<06965> (8798)_,

Balak
<01111>_,

and hear
<08085> (8798)_;

hearken
<0238> (8685)

unto me, thou son
<01121>

of Zippor
<06834>_:

23:19

God
<0410>

[is] not a man
<0376>_,

that he should lie
<03576> (8762)_;

neither the son
<01121>

of man
<0120>_,

that he should repent
<05162> (8691)_:

hath he said
<0559> (8804)_,

and shall he not do
<06213> (8799)

[it]? or hath he spoken
<01696> (8765)_,

and shall he not make it good
<06965> (8686)_?

23:20

Behold, I have received
<03947> (8804)

[commandment] to bless
<01288> (8763)_:

and he hath blessed
<01288> (8765)_;

and I cannot reverse
<07725> (8686)

it.

23:21

He hath not beheld
<05027> (8689)

iniquity
<0205>

in Jacob
<03290>_,

neither hath he seen
<07200> (8804)

perverseness
<05999>

in Israel
<03478>_:

the LORD
<03068>

his God
<0430>

[is] with him, and the shout
<08643>

of a king
<04428>

[is] among them.

23:22

God
<0410>

brought them out
<03318> (8688)

of Egypt
<04714>_;

he hath as it were the strength
<08443>

of an unicorn
<07214>_.

23:23

Surely [there is] no enchantment
<05173>

against Jacob
<03290>_,

neither [is there] any divination
<07081>

against Israel
<03478>_:

according to this time
<06256>

it shall be said
<0559> (8735)

of Jacob
<03290>

and of Israel
<03478>_,

What hath God
<0410>

wrought
<06466> (8804)_!

{against: or, in}

23:24

Behold, the people
<05971>

shall rise up
<06965> (8799)

as a great lion
<03833>_,

and lift up
<05375> (8691)

himself as a young lion
<0738>_:

he shall not lie down
<07901> (8799)

until he eat
<0398> (8799)

[of] the prey
<02964>_,

and drink
<08354> (8799)

the blood
<01818>

of the slain
<02491>_.

23:25

And Balak
<01111>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

Neither curse
<05344> (8799)

them at all
<06895> (8800)_,

nor bless
<01288> (8762)

them at all
<01288> (8763)_.

23:26

But Balaam
<01109>

answered
<06030> (8799)

and said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

Told
<01696> (8765)

not I thee, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

All that the LORD
<03068>

speaketh
<01696> (8762)_,

that I must do
<06213> (8799)_?

23:27

And Balak
<01111>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

Come
<03212> (8798)_,

I pray thee, I will bring
<03947> (8799)

thee unto another
<0312>

place
<04725>_;

peradventure it will please
<03474> (8799) <05869>

God
<0430>

that thou mayest curse
<06895> (8804)

me them from thence.

23:28

And Balak
<01111>

brought
<03947> (8799)

Balaam
<01109>

unto the top
<07218>

of Peor
<06465>_,

that looketh
<08259> (8737)

toward
<06440>

Jeshimon
<03452>_.

23:29

And Balaam
<01109>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

Build
<01129> (8798)

me here seven
<07651>

altars
<04196>_,

and prepare
<03559> (8685)

me here seven
<07651>

bullocks
<06499>

and seven
<07651>

rams
<0352>_.

23:30

And Balak
<01111>

did
<06213> (8799)

as Balaam
<01109>

had said
<0559> (8804)_,

and offered
<05927> (8686)

a bullock
<06499>

and a ram
<0352>

on [every] altar
<04196>_.

24:1

And when Balaam
<01109>

saw
<07200> (8799)

that it pleased
<05869> <02895> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

to bless
<01288> (8763)

Israel
<03478>_,

he went
<01980> (8804)

not, as at other times
<06471>_,

to seek
<07125> (8800)

for enchantments
<05173>_,

but he set
<07896> (8799)

his face
<06440>

toward the wilderness
<04057>_.

{to seek...: Heb. to the meeting of}

24:2

And Balaam
<01109>

lifted up
<05375> (8799)

his eyes
<05869>_,

and he saw
<07200> (8799)

Israel
<03478>

abiding
<07931> (8802)

[in his tents] according to their tribes
<07626>_;

and the spirit
<07307>

of God
<0430>

came upon him.

24:3

And he took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Balaam
<01109>

the son
<01121>

of Beor
<01160>

hath said
<05002> (8803)_,

and the man
<01397>

whose eyes
<05869>

are open
<08365> (8803)

hath said
<05002> (8803)_:

{whose...: Heb. who had his eyes shut, but now opened}

24:4

He hath said
<05002> (8803)_,

which heard
<08085> (8802)

the words
<0561>

of God
<0410>_,

which saw
<02372> (8799)

the vision
<04236>

of the Almighty
<07706>_,

falling
<05307> (8802)

[into a trance], but having his eyes
<05869>

open
<01540> (8803)_:

24:5

How goodly
<02895> (8804)

are thy tents
<0168>_,

O Jacob
<03290>_,

[and] thy tabernacles
<04908>_,

O Israel
<03478>_!

24:6

As the valleys
<05158>

are they spread forth
<05186> (8738)_,

as gardens
<01593>

by the river's side
<05104>_,

as the trees of lign aloes
<0174>

which the LORD
<03068>

hath planted
<05193> (8804)_,

[and] as cedar trees
<0730>

beside the waters
<04325>_.

24:7

He shall pour
<05140> (0)

the water
<04325>

out
<05140> (8799)

of his buckets
<01805>_,

and his seed
<02233>

[shall be] in many
<07227>

waters
<04325>_,

and his king
<04428>

shall be higher
<07311> (8799)

than Agag
<090>_,

and his kingdom
<04438>

shall be exalted
<05375> (8691)_.

24:8

God
<0410>

brought him forth
<03318> (8688)

out of Egypt
<04714>_;

he hath as it were the strength
<08443>

of an unicorn
<07214>_:

he shall eat up
<0398> (8799)

the nations
<01471>

his enemies
<06862>_,

and shall break
<01633> (8762)

their bones
<06106>_,

and pierce
<04272> (8799)

[them] through with his arrows
<02671>_.

24:9

He couched
<03766> (8804)_,

he lay down
<07901> (8804)

as a lion
<0738>_,

and as a great lion
<03833>_:

who shall stir him up
<06965> (8686)_?

Blessed
<01288> (8803)

[is] he that blesseth
<01288> (8764)

thee, and cursed
<0779> (8803)

[is] he that curseth
<0779> (8802)

thee.

24:10

And Balak's
<01111>

anger
<0639>

was kindled
<02734> (8799)

against Balaam
<01109>_,

and he smote
<05606> (0)

his hands
<03709>

together
<05606> (8799)_:

and Balak
<01111>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balaam
<01109>_,

I called
<07121> (8804)

thee to curse
<06895> (8800)

mine enemies
<0341> (8802)_,

and, behold, thou hast altogether
<01288> (8763)

blessed
<01288> (8765)

[them] these three
<07969>

times
<06471>_.

24:11

Therefore now flee
<01272> (8798)

thou to thy place
<04725>_:

I thought
<0559> (8804)

to promote
<03513> (0)

thee unto great
<03513> (8763)

honour
<03513> (8762)_;

but, lo, the LORD
<03068>

hath kept thee back
<04513> (8804)

from honour
<03519>_.

24:12

And Balaam
<01109>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Balak
<01111>_,

Spake
<01696> (8765)

I not also to thy messengers
<04397>

which thou sentest
<07971> (8804)

unto me, saying
<0559> (8800)_,

24:13

If Balak
<01111>

would give
<05414> (8799)

me his house
<01004>

full
<04393>

of silver
<03701>

and gold
<02091>_,

I cannot
<03201> (8799)

go beyond
<05674> (8800)

the commandment
<06310>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

to do
<06213> (8800)

[either] good
<02896>

or bad
<07451>

of mine own mind
<03820>_;

[but] what the LORD
<03068>

saith
<01696> (8762)_,

that will I speak
<01696> (8762)_?

24:14

And now, behold, I go
<01980> (8802)

unto my people
<05971>_:

come
<03212> (8798)

[therefore, and] I will advertise
<03289> (8799)

thee what this people
<05971>

shall do
<06213> (8799)

to thy people
<05971>

in the latter
<0319>

days
<03117>_.

24:15

And he took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Balaam
<01109>

the son
<01121>

of Beor
<01160>

hath said
<05002> (8803)_,

and the man
<01397>

whose eyes
<05869>

are open
<08365> (8803)

hath said
<05002> (8803)_:

24:16

He hath said
<05002> (8803)_,

which heard
<08085> (8802)

the words
<0561>

of God
<0410>_,

and knew
<03045> (8802)

the knowledge
<01847>

of the most High
<05945>_,

[which] saw
<02372> (8799)

the vision
<04236>

of the Almighty
<07706>_,

falling
<05307> (8802)

[into a trance], but having his eyes
<05869>

open
<01540> (8803)_:

24:17

I shall see
<07200> (8799)

him, but not now: I shall behold
<07789> (8799)

him, but not nigh
<07138>_:

there shall come
<01869> (8804)

a Star
<03556>

out of Jacob
<03290>_,

and a Sceptre
<07626>

shall rise
<06965> (8804)

out of Israel
<03478>_,

and shall smite
<04272> (8804)

the corners
<06285>

of Moab
<04124>_,

and destroy
<06979> (8773)

all the children
<01121>

of Sheth
<08352> (8676) <08351>_.

{smite...: or, smite through the princes of}

24:18

And Edom
<0123>

shall be a possession
<03424>_,

Seir
<08165>

also shall be a possession
<03424>

for his enemies
<0341> (8802)_;

and Israel
<03478>

shall do
<06213> (8802)

valiantly
<02428>_.

24:19

Out of Jacob
<03290>

shall come he that shall have dominion
<07287> (8799)_,

and shall destroy
<06> (8689)

him that remaineth
<08300>

of the city
<05892>_.

24:20

And when he looked
<07200> (8799)

on Amalek
<06002>_,

he took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Amalek
<06002>

[was] the first
<07225>

of the nations
<01471>_;

but his latter
<0319>

end [shall be] that he perish
<08>

for ever
<05703>_.

{the nations: the nations that warred against Israel} {that...: or, even to destruction}

24:21

And he looked
<07200> (8799)

on the Kenites
<07017>_,

and took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Strong
<0386>

is thy dwellingplace
<04186>_,

and thou puttest
<07760> (8798)

thy nest
<07064>

in a rock
<05553>_.

24:22

Nevertheless the Kenite
<07014>

shall
<0518>

be wasted
<01197> (8763)_,

until Asshur
<0804>

shall carry thee away captive
<07617> (8799)_.

{the Kenite: Heb. Kain} {until...: or, how long shall it be ere Asshur carry thee away captive}

24:23

And he took up
<05375> (8799)

his parable
<04912>_,

and said
<0559> (8799)_,

Alas
<0188>_,

who shall live
<02421> (8799)

when God
<0410>

doeth
<07760> (8800)

this!

24:24

And ships
<06716>

[shall come] from the coast
<03027>

of Chittim
<03794>_,

and shall afflict
<06031> (8765)

Asshur
<0804>_,

and shall afflict
<06031> (8765)

Eber
<05677>_,

and he also shall perish
<08>

for ever
<05703>_.

24:25

And Balaam
<01109>

rose up
<06965> (8799)_,

and went
<03212> (8799)

and returned
<07725> (8799)

to his place
<04725>_:

and Balak
<01111>

also went
<01980> (8804)

his way
<01870>_.