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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">And 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 go as other times to seek for enchantments, </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Nu 23:3, 23  </span></span><span class="content"> but he set his face toward the wilderness. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="NUM.24.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling in their tents by their tribes, and the Spirit of God came on him. </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    1Sa 19:20; 2Ch 15:1  </span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He took up his proverb and said:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.24.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Balaam the son of Beor has said, </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Nu 23:7  </span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.24.3"><span class="content">and the man whose eyes are open </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Nu 24:16  </span></span><span class="content"> has said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">he has said, who heard the words of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.24.4"><span class="content">who saw the vision of the Almighty, </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Eze 1:28  </span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.24.4"><span class="content">falling into a trance, </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Nu 12:6  </span></span><span class="content"> but having his eyes open:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;How lovely are your tents, O&#160;Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.24.5"><span class="content">and your tabernacles, O&#160;Israel!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;Like palm trees are they spread out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"><span class="content">like gardens by the river&#8217;s side, </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Ps 1:3  </span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"><span class="content">like the aloe plant, which the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has planted,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"><span class="content">and like cedar trees beside the waters. </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Ps 104:16  </span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He will pour the water out of his buckets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"><span class="content">and his seed will be in many waters.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"><span class="content">&#8220;His king will be higher than Agag,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"><span class="content">and his kingdom will be exalted. </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    2Sa 5:12; 1Ch 14:2  </span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;God brings him out of Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="content">he has the horns of a wild ox; </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Nu 23:22  </span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="content">he will eat up the nations, his enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="content">and will break their bones,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="content">and pierce them through with his arrows. </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Ps 45:5  </span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He crouches, he lies down as a lion, and as a lion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"><span class="content">who will stir him up? </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Ge 49:9  </span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"><span class="content">&#8220;Blessed is he who blesses you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"><span class="content">and cursed is he who curses you.&#8221; </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Ge 12:3  </span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The anger of Balak was inflamed against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Eze 21:14  </span></span><span class="content"> And Balak said to Balaam, &#8220;I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times. </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Nu 23:11  </span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Now flee to your own place. I thought to promote you to great honor. </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Nu 22:17, 37  </span></span><span class="content"> But certainly, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has kept you back from honor.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Balaam said to Balak, &#8220;Did I not speak to your messengers which you sent to me, </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Nu 22:18  </span></span><span class="content"> saying, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8216;If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the mouth of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, to do either good or bad of my own mind. But what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> speaks, I will speak&#8217;? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And now, behold, I am going to my people. Come, I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the latter days.&#8221; </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Ge 49:1; Mic 6:5  </span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Balaam&#8217;s Fourth Prophecy</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">He took up his parable and said: </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Nu 23:7; 24:3&#8211;4  </span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.24.15"><span class="content">&#8220;The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.24.15"><span class="content">and the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">the oracle of the one hearing the words of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"><span class="content">and knowing the knowledge of the Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"><span class="content">who sees the vision of the Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"><span class="content">falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Nu 24:4  </span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will see him, but not now;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">I will 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">and a scepter will rise out of Israel, </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Ge 49:10; Ps 45:6  </span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">and will crush the borderlands of Moab, </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    2Sa 8:2  </span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">and destroy all the Shethites.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Edom will be a possession,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.24.18"><span class="content">and Seir, a possession of its enemies, </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Ge 27:29; Joel 3:19; Am 9:12  </span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.24.18"><span class="content">while Israel does valiantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">One out of Jacob shall have dominion,</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 class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Mic 5:2  </span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Then he looked on Amalek; he took up his proverb and said:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.24.20"><span class="content">&#8220;Amalek was the first of the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.24.20"><span class="content">but his end will be that he perishes forever.&#8221; </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Ex 17:14  </span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">He looked on the Kenites </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Ge 15:19  </span></span><span class="content"> and took up his proverb and said:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.24.21"><span class="content">&#8220;Strong is your dwelling place,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.24.21"><span class="content">and you put your nest in a rock;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">nevertheless the Kenite will be wasted.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.24.22"><span class="content">How long until Ashur carries you away captive?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">He took up his proverb and said:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.24.23"><span class="content">&#8220;Alas, who will live when God does this?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Ge 10:4  </span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.24.24"><span class="content">and will afflict Ashur and will afflict Eber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.24.24"><span class="content">and he also will perish forever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Balaam </span><span class="note x"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body">    Nu 31:8  </span></span><span class="content"> rose up and went and returned to his place, and Balak also went his way.</span></span></div>
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And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as other times to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling in their tents by their tribes, and the Spirit of God came on him. He took up his proverb and said:

“Balaam the son of Beor has said,
and the man whose eyes are open has said,
he has said, who heard the words of God,
who saw the vision of the Almighty,
falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

“How lovely are your tents, O Jacob,
and your tabernacles, O Israel!

“Like palm trees are they spread out,
like gardens by the river’s side,
like the aloe plant, which the LORD has planted,
and like cedar trees beside the waters.
He will pour the water out of his buckets,
and his seed will be in many waters.

“His king will be higher than Agag,
and his kingdom will be exalted.

“God brings him out of Egypt;
he has the horns of a wild ox;
he will eat up the nations, his enemies,
and will break their bones,
and pierce them through with his arrows.
He crouches, he lies down as a lion, and as a lion,
who will stir him up?

“Blessed is he who blesses you,
and cursed is he who curses you.”

The anger of Balak was inflamed against Balaam, and he struck his hands together. And Balak said to Balaam, “I called you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have blessed them these three times. Now flee to your own place. I thought to promote you to great honor. But certainly, the LORD has kept you back from honor.”
Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not speak to your messengers which you sent to me, saying, ‘If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the mouth of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own mind. But what the LORD speaks, I will speak’? And now, behold, I am going to my people. Come, I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the latter days.”

He took up his parable and said:

“The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor,
and the oracle of the man whose eyes are open;
the oracle of the one hearing the words of God,
and knowing the knowledge of the Most High,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
falling into a trance, but having his eyes open:

“I will see him, but not now;
I will behold him, but not near;
a star will come out of Jacob,
and a scepter will rise out of Israel,
and will crush the borderlands of Moab,
and destroy all the Shethites.
Edom will be a possession,
and Seir, a possession of its enemies,
while Israel does valiantly.
One out of Jacob shall have dominion,
and destroy the survivors of the city.”

Then he looked on Amalek; he took up his proverb and said:

“Amalek was the first of the nations,
but his end will be that he perishes forever.”

He looked on the Kenites and took up his proverb and said:

“Strong is your dwelling place,
and you put your nest in a rock;
nevertheless the Kenite will be wasted.
How long until Ashur carries you away captive?”

He took up his proverb and said:

“Alas, who will live when God does this?
And ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus
and will afflict Ashur and will afflict Eber,
and he also will perish forever.”

Balaam rose up and went and returned to his place, and Balak also went his way.

শুনুন Numbers 24