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         <div class="label">23</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Balaam&#8217;s First Message</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Balaam said, &#8220;Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Balak did as Balaam said, and the two of them offered a bull and a ram on each altar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.23.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Balaam said to Balak, &#8220;Stay here beside your offering while I go aside. Perhaps the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will come to meet with me. Whatever he reveals to me I will tell you.&#8221; Then he went off to a barren height.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.23.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">God met with him, and Balaam said, &#8220;I have prepared seven altars, and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.23.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> put a word in Balaam&#8217;s mouth and said, &#8220;Go back to Balak and give him this word.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.23.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Then Balaam spoke his message:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Balak brought me from Aram,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">&#8216;Come,&#8217; he said, &#8216;curse Jacob for me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"><span class="content">come, denounce Israel.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.23.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">How can I curse</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="content">those whom God has not cursed?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="content">How can I denounce</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"><span class="content">those whom the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has not denounced?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.23.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">From the rocky peaks I see them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="content">from the heights I view them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="content">I see a people who live apart</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"><span class="content">and do not consider themselves one of the nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.23.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Who can count the dust of Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="content">or number even a fourth of Israel?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="content">Let me die the death of the righteous,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"><span class="content">and may my final end be like theirs!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.23.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.23.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but you have done nothing but bless them!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.23.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.23.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">He answered, &#8220;Must I not speak what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> puts in my mouth?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Balaam&#8217;s Second Message</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.23.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.23.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then Balak said to him, &#8220;Come with me to another place where you can see them; you will not see them all but only the outskirts of their camp. And from there, curse them for me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.23.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.23.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.23.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Balaam said to Balak, &#8220;Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.23.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.23.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> met with Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, &#8220;Go back to Balak and give him this word.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.23.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.23.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials. Balak asked him, &#8220;What did the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> say?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.23.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.23.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Then he spoke his message:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.23.18"><span class="content">&#8220;Arise, Balak, and listen;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.23.18"><span class="content">hear me, son of Zippor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.23.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">God is not human, that he should lie,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">not a human being, that he should change his mind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">Does he speak and then not act?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"><span class="content">Does he promise and not fulfill?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.23.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.23.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I have received a command to bless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.23.20"><span class="content">he has blessed, and I cannot change it.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.23.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.23.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;No misfortune is seen in Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="content">no misery observed</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:21 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">He has not looked on Jacob&#8217;s offenses / or on the wrongs found</span></span></span><span class="content"> in Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> their God is with them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"><span class="content">the shout of the King is among them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.23.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.23.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">God brought them out of Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.23.22"><span class="content">they have the strength of a wild ox.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.23.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">There is no divination against</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="content">no evil omens against</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">23:23 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="content">It will now be said of Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"><span class="content">and of Israel, &#8216;See what God has done!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.23.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The people rise like a lioness;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="content">they rouse themselves like a lion</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="content">that does not rest till it devours its prey</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"><span class="content">and drinks the blood of its victims.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.23.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.23.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.23.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.23.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Balaam answered, &#8220;Did I not tell you I must do whatever the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Balaam&#8217;s Third Message</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="NUM.23.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="NUM.23.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Then Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;Come, let me take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.23.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, overlooking the wasteland.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="NUM.23.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="NUM.23.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Balaam said, &#8220;Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="NUM.23.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="NUM.24.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> to bless Israel, he did not resort to divination as at other times, but turned his face toward the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">and he spoke his message:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.24.3"><span class="content">&#8220;The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.24.3"><span class="content">the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.24.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.24.4"><span class="content">who sees a vision from the Almighty,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">24:4 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 16</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.24.4"><span class="content">who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.24.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.24.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;How beautiful are your tents, Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.24.5"><span class="content">your dwelling places, Israel!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.24.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.24.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Like valleys they spread out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"><span class="content">like gardens beside a river,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"><span class="content">like aloes planted by the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"><span class="content">like cedars beside the waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Water will flow from their buckets;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"><span class="content">their seed will have abundant water.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"><span class="content">&#8220;Their king will be greater than Agag;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"><span class="content">their kingdom will be exalted.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;God brought them out of Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="content">they have the strength of a wild ox.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="content">They devour hostile nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="content">and break their bones in pieces;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="content">with their arrows they pierce them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Like a lion they crouch and lie down,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"><span class="content">like a lioness&#8212;who dares to rouse them?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"><span class="content">&#8220;May those who bless you be blessed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"><span class="content">and those who curse you be cursed!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then Balak&#8217;s anger burned against Balaam. He struck his hands together and said to him, &#8220;I summoned you to curse my enemies, but you have blessed them these three times. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now leave at once and go home! I said I would reward you handsomely, but the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has kept you from being rewarded.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.24.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Balaam answered Balak, &#8220;Did I not tell the messengers you sent me, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8216;Even if Balak gave me all the silver and gold in his palace, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8212;and I must say only what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says&#8217;? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you of what this people will do to your people in days to come.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Balaam&#8217;s Fourth Message</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.24.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then he spoke his message:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.24.15"><span class="content">&#8220;The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.24.15"><span class="content">the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.24.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"><span class="content">who has knowledge from the Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"><span class="content">who sees a vision from the Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"><span class="content">who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;I see him, but not now;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">I behold him, but not near.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">A star will come out of Jacob;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">a scepter will rise out of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">He will crush the foreheads of Moab,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">the skulls</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">24:17 </span><span class="ft">Samaritan Pentateuch (see also <span class="ref" usfm="JER.48.45">Jer. 48:45</span>); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">24:17 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">Moab, / batter</span></span></span><span class="content"> all the people of Sheth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">24:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">all the noisy boasters</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Edom will be conquered;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.24.18"><span class="content">Seir, his enemy, will be conquered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.24.18"><span class="content">but Israel will grow strong.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.24.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">A ruler will come out of Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.24.19"><span class="content">and destroy the survivors of the city.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Balaam&#8217;s Fifth Message</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.24.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then Balaam saw Amalek and spoke his message:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.24.20"><span class="content">&#8220;Amalek was first among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.24.20"><span class="content">but their end will be utter destruction.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Balaam&#8217;s Sixth Message</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.24.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Then he saw the Kenites and spoke his message:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.24.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Your dwelling place is secure,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.24.21"><span class="content">your nest is set in a rock;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.24.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">yet you Kenites will be destroyed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.24.22"><span class="content">when Ashur takes you captive.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Balaam&#8217;s Seventh Message</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.24.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Then he spoke his message:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.24.23"><span class="content">&#8220;Alas! Who can live when God does this?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">24:23 </span><span class="ft">Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">The people from the islands will gather from the north.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.24.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Ships will come from the shores of Cyprus;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.24.24"><span class="content">they will subdue Ashur and Eber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.24.24"><span class="content">but they too will come to ruin.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.24.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then Balaam got up and returned home, and Balak went his own way.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">12</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Concerning Spiritual Gifts</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1CO.12.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now about the gifts of the Spirit, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1CO.12.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">You know that when you were pagans, somehow or other you were influenced and led astray to mute idols. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.12.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore I want you to know that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, &#8220;Jesus be cursed,&#8221; and no one can say, &#8220;Jesus is Lord,&#8221; except by the Holy Spirit.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1CO.12.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1CO.12.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit distributes them. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1CO.12.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.12.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1CO.12.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1CO.12.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1CO.12.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1CO.12.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1CO.12.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">languages</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 28</span></span></span><span class="content"> and to still another the interpretation of tongues.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:10 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">languages</span><span class="ft">; also in verse 28</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.12.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Unity and Diversity in the Body</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1CO.12.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1CO.12.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1CO.12.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">For we were all baptized by</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">with</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> one Spirit so as to form one body&#8212;whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free&#8212;and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.12.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1CO.12.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1CO.12.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Now if the foot should say, &#8220;Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,&#8221; it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1CO.12.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">And if the ear should say, &#8220;Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,&#8221; it would not for that reason stop being part of the body. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1CO.12.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be? </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1CO.12.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1CO.12.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">If they were all one part, where would the body be? </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.12.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">As it is, there are many parts, but one body.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1CO.12.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1CO.12.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The eye cannot say to the hand, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need you!&#8221; And the head cannot say to the feet, &#8220;I don&#8217;t need you!&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1CO.12.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">On the contrary, those parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable, </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1CO.12.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">and the parts that we think are less honorable we treat with special honor. And the parts that are unpresentable are treated with special modesty, </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1CO.12.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">while our presentable parts need no special treatment. But God has put the body together, giving greater honor to the parts that lacked it, </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="1CO.12.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">so that there should be no division in the body, but that its parts should have equal concern for each other. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.12.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="1CO.12.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="1CO.12.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Now you are the body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="1CO.12.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">And God has placed in the church first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healing, of helping, of guidance, and of different kinds of tongues. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="1CO.12.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles? </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="1CO.12.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">12:30 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">other languages</span></span></span><span class="content">? Do all interpret? </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.12.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Now eagerly desire the greater gifts.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Love Is Indispensable</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="1CO.12.31"><span class="content">And yet I will show you the most excellent way.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">A Prophet Without Honor</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="MRK.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="MRK.6.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Where did this man get these things?&#8221; they asked. &#8220;What&#8217;s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Isn&#8217;t this the carpenter? Isn&#8217;t this Mary&#8217;s son and the brother of James, Joseph,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:3 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Joses</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Joseph</span></span></span><span class="content"> Judas and Simon? Aren&#8217;t his sisters here with us?&#8221; And they took offense at him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="MRK.6.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="MRK.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Jesus said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="MRK.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He was amazed at their lack of faith.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Sends Out the Twelve</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="MRK.6.6"><span class="content">Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="MRK.6.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="MRK.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">These were his instructions: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take nothing for the journey except a staff&#8212;no bread, no bag, no money in your belts.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="MRK.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Wear sandals but not an extra shirt.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="MRK.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And if any place will not welcome you or listen to you, leave that place and shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="MRK.6.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="MRK.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They went out and preached that people should repent. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John the Baptist Beheaded</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="MRK.6.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.6.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">King Herod heard about this, for Jesus&#8217; name had become well known. Some were saying,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:14 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">He was saying</span></span></span><span class="content"> &#8220;John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MRK.6.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.6.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Others said, &#8220;He is Elijah.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.6.15"><span class="content">And still others claimed, &#8220;He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MRK.6.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.6.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">But when Herod heard this, he said, &#8220;John, whom I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MRK.6.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MRK.6.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip&#8217;s wife, whom he had married. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MRK.6.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For John had been saying to Herod, &#8220;It is not lawful for you to have your brother&#8217;s wife.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MRK.6.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to, </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.6.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:20 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">he did many things</span></span></span><span class="content">; yet he liked to listen to him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MRK.6.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MRK.6.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.6.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">When the daughter of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:22 </span><span class="ft">Some early manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">When his daughter</span></span></span><span class="content"> Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MRK.6.22"><span class="content">The king said to the girl, &#8220;Ask me for anything you want, and I&#8217;ll give it to you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.6.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And he promised her with an oath, &#8220;Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MRK.6.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.6.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">She went out and said to her mother, &#8220;What shall I ask for?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.6.24"><span class="content">&#8220;The head of John the Baptist,&#8221; she answered.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MRK.6.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.6.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At once the girl hurried in to the king with the request: &#8220;I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MRK.6.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MRK.6.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MRK.6.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John&#8217;s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MRK.6.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother. </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.6.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">On hearing of this, John&#8217;s disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MRK.6.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MRK.6.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">The apostles gathered around Jesus and reported to him all they had done and taught. </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.6.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MRK.6.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MRK.6.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MRK.6.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">But many who saw them leaving recognized them and ran on foot from all the towns and got there ahead of them. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.6.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he began teaching them many things.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MRK.6.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MRK.6.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">By this time it was late in the day, so his disciples came to him. &#8220;This is a remote place,&#8221; they said, &#8220;and it&#8217;s already very late. </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.6.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Send the people away so that they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MRK.6.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.6.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">But he answered, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;You give them something to eat.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.6.37"><span class="content">They said to him, &#8220;That would take more than half a year&#8217;s wages</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:37 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">take two hundred denarii</span></span></span><span class="content">! Are we to go and spend that much on bread and give it to them to eat?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MRK.6.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.6.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;How many loaves do you have?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> he asked. </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Go and see.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.6.38"><span class="content">When they found out, they said, &#8220;Five&#8212;and two fish.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MRK.6.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MRK.6.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Then Jesus directed them to have all the people sit down in groups on the green grass. </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MRK.6.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">So they sat down in groups of hundreds and fifties. </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MRK.6.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MRK.6.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">They all ate and were satisfied, </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MRK.6.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MRK.6.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Walks on the Water</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MRK.6.44"></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MRK.6.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MRK.6.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MRK.6.46"></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="MRK.6.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="MRK.6.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="MRK.6.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MRK.6.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">because they all saw him and were terrified.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="MRK.6.50"><span class="content">Immediately he spoke to them and said, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Take courage! It is I. Don&#8217;t be afraid.&#8221;</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v51" data-usfm="MRK.6.51"><span class="label">51</span><span class="content">Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed, </span></span><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MRK.6.52"><span class="label">52</span><span class="content">for they had not understood about the loaves; their hearts were hardened.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v52" data-usfm="MRK.6.52"></span><span class="verse v53" data-usfm="MRK.6.53"><span class="label">53</span><span class="content">When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret and anchored there. </span></span><span class="verse v54" data-usfm="MRK.6.54"><span class="label">54</span><span class="content">As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v55" data-usfm="MRK.6.55"><span class="label">55</span><span class="content">They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. </span></span><span class="verse v56" data-usfm="MRK.6.56"><span class="label">56</span><span class="content">And wherever he went&#8212;into villages, towns or countryside&#8212;they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.</span></span></div>
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