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         <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></div>
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