Numbers 23:7-10
English Standard Version
7 And Balaam (A)took up his discourse and said,
“From (B)Aram Balak has brought me,
the king of Moab (C)from the eastern mountains:
‘Come, (D)curse Jacob for me,
and come, denounce Israel!’
8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
9 For from the top of the crags (E)I see him,
from the hills I behold him;
behold, (F)a people dwelling alone,
and (G)not counting itself among the nations!
10 (H)Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number the fourth part[a] of Israel?
Let me die (I)the death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”
Footnotes
- Numbers 23:10 Or dust clouds
Numbers 23:7-10
English Standard Version
7 And Balaam (A)took up his discourse and said,
“From (B)Aram Balak has brought me,
the king of Moab (C)from the eastern mountains:
‘Come, (D)curse Jacob for me,
and come, denounce Israel!’
8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
9 For from the top of the crags (E)I see him,
from the hills I behold him;
behold, (F)a people dwelling alone,
and (G)not counting itself among the nations!
10 (H)Who can count the dust of Jacob
or number the fourth part[a] of Israel?
Let me die (I)the death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”
Footnotes
- Numbers 23:10 Or dust clouds
Numbers 24:5-9
English Standard Version
5 How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,
your encampments, O Israel!
6 Like palm groves[a] that stretch afar,
like gardens beside a river,
(A)like aloes (B)that the Lord has planted,
like cedar trees beside the waters.
7 Water shall flow from his buckets,
and his seed shall be (C)in many waters;
his king shall be higher than (D)Agag,
and (E)his kingdom shall be exalted.
8 God brings him out of Egypt
and is for him like the (F)horns of the wild ox;
he shall (G)eat up the nations, his adversaries,
and shall (H)break their bones in pieces
and (I)pierce them through with his arrows.
9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion
and (J)like a lioness; who will rouse him up?
(K)Blessed are those who bless you,
and cursed are those who curse you.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 24:6 Or valleys
Numbers 24:17-24
English Standard Version
17 (A)I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near:
(B)a star shall come out of Jacob,
and (C)a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall (D)crush the forehead[a] of Moab
and break down all the sons of Sheth.
18 (E)Edom shall be dispossessed;
(F)Seir also, his enemies, shall be dispossessed.
Israel is doing valiantly.
19 And one from Jacob shall exercise dominion
and destroy the survivors of cities!”
20 Then he looked on Amalek and (G)took up his discourse and said,
“Amalek was the first among the nations,
(H)but its end is utter destruction.”
21 And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his discourse and said,
“Enduring is your dwelling place,
and your nest is set in the rock.
22 Nevertheless, Kain shall be burned
when Asshur takes you away captive.”
23 And he took up his discourse and said,
“Alas, who shall live when God does this?
24 But ships shall come from (I)Kittim
and shall afflict Asshur and (J)Eber;
and he too (K)shall come to utter destruction.”
Footnotes
- Numbers 24:17 Hebrew corners [of the head]
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