Numbers 23:7-10
New International Version
7 Then Balaam(A) spoke his message:(B)
“Balak brought me from Aram,(C)
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.(D)
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
come, denounce Israel.’(E)
8 How can I curse
those whom God has not cursed?(F)
How can I denounce
those whom the Lord has not denounced?(G)
9 From the rocky peaks I see them,
from the heights I view them.(H)
I see a people who live apart
and do not consider themselves one of the nations.(I)
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob(J)
or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,(K)
and may my final end be like theirs!(L)”
Numbers 23:7-10
New International Version
7 Then Balaam(A) spoke his message:(B)
“Balak brought me from Aram,(C)
the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.(D)
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
come, denounce Israel.’(E)
8 How can I curse
those whom God has not cursed?(F)
How can I denounce
those whom the Lord has not denounced?(G)
9 From the rocky peaks I see them,
from the heights I view them.(H)
I see a people who live apart
and do not consider themselves one of the nations.(I)
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob(J)
or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,(K)
and may my final end be like theirs!(L)”
Numbers 24:5-9
New International Version
5 “How beautiful are your tents,(A) Jacob,
your dwelling places, Israel!
6 “Like valleys they spread out,
like gardens beside a river,(B)
like aloes(C) planted by the Lord,
like cedars beside the waters.(D)
7 Water will flow from their buckets;
their seed will have abundant water.
Numbers 24:17-24
New International Version
17 “I see him, but not now;
I behold him, but not near.(A)
A star will come out of Jacob;(B)
a scepter will rise out of Israel.(C)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,(D)
the skulls[a](E) of[b] all the people of Sheth.[c]
18 Edom(F) will be conquered;
Seir,(G) his enemy, will be conquered,(H)
but Israel(I) will grow strong.
19 A ruler will come out of Jacob(J)
and destroy the survivors of the city.”
Balaam’s Fifth Message
20 Then Balaam saw Amalek(K) and spoke his message:
“Amalek was first among the nations,
but their end will be utter destruction.”(L)
Balaam’s Sixth Message
21 Then he saw the Kenites(M) and spoke his message:
“Your dwelling place is secure,(N)
your nest is set in a rock;
22 yet you Kenites will be destroyed
when Ashur(O) takes you captive.”
Balaam’s Seventh Message
23 Then he spoke his message:
Footnotes
- Numbers 24:17 Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Jer. 48:45); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
- Numbers 24:17 Or possibly Moab, / batter
- Numbers 24:17 Or all the noisy boasters
- Numbers 24:23 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew The people from the islands will gather from the north.
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