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         <div class="label">24</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><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 went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, 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">And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding </span><span class="add"><span class="content">in his tents</span></span><span class="content"> according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.24.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And he took up his parable, and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.24.3"><span class="content">Balaam the son of Beor hath said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.24.3"><span class="content">And the man whose eyes are open hath said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="NUM.24.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.24.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He hath said, </span><span class="add"><span class="content">which</span></span><span class="content"> heard the words of God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.24.4"><span class="content">Which saw the vision of the Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.24.4"><span class="content">Falling </span><span class="add"><span class="content">into a trance</span></span><span class="content">, but having his eyes open:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="NUM.24.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.24.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.24.5"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> thy tabernacles, O Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="NUM.24.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">As the valleys are they spread forth,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"><span class="content">As gardens by the river's side,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"><span class="content">As the trees of lign aloes which the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> hath planted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">And</span></span><span class="content"> as cedar trees beside the waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="NUM.24.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He shall pour the water out of his buckets,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"><span class="content">And his seed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> in many waters,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"><span class="content">And his king shall be higher than Agag,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"><span class="content">And his kingdom shall be exalted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="NUM.24.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">God brought him forth out of Egypt;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="content">He hath as it were the strength of an unicorn:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="content">He shall eat up the nations his enemies,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="content">And shall break their bones,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="content">And pierce </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them</span></span><span class="content"> through with his arrows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="NUM.24.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He couched, he lay down as a lion,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"><span class="content">And as a great lion: who shall stir him up?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"><span class="content">Blessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> he that blesseth thee,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"><span class="content">And cursed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">is</span></span><span class="content"> he that curseth thee.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="NUM.24.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="NUM.24.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed </span><span class="add"><span class="content">them</span></span><span class="content"> these three times. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="NUM.24.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honour; but, lo, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> hath kept thee back from honour. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="NUM.24.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="NUM.24.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content">, to do </span><span class="add"><span class="content">either</span></span><span class="content"> good or bad of mine own mind; </span><span class="add"><span class="content">but</span></span><span class="content"> what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">LORD</span></span><span class="content"> saith, that will I speak? </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="NUM.24.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And now, behold, I go unto my people: come </span><span class="add"><span class="content">therefore, and</span></span><span class="content"> I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.24.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">And he took up his parable, and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.24.15"><span class="content">Balaam the son of Beor hath said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.24.15"><span class="content">And the man whose eyes are open hath said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="NUM.24.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He hath said, which heard the words of God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"><span class="content">And knew the knowledge of the Most High,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"><span class="content">  </span><span class="add"><span class="content">Which</span></span><span class="content"> saw the vision of the Almighty,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"><span class="content">Falling </span><span class="add"><span class="content">into a trance</span></span><span class="content">, but having his eyes open:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="NUM.24.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I shall see him, but not now:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">I shall behold him, but not nigh:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">There shall come a Star out of Jacob,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">And a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">And shall smite the corners of Moab,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">And destroy all the children of Sheth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="NUM.24.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.24.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">And Edom shall be a possession,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.24.18"><span class="content">Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.24.18"><span class="content">And Israel shall do valiantly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="NUM.24.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.24.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.24.19"><span class="content">And shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="NUM.24.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.24.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.24.20"><span class="content">Amalek </span><span class="add"><span class="content">was</span></span><span class="content"> the first of the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.24.20"><span class="content">But his latter end </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall be</span></span><span class="content"> that he perish for ever.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="NUM.24.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.24.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.24.21"><span class="content">Strong is thy dwellingplace,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.24.21"><span class="content">And thou puttest thy nest in a rock.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="NUM.24.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.24.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.24.22"><span class="content">Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="NUM.24.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.24.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And he took up his parable, and said,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.24.23"><span class="content">Alas, who shall live when God doeth this!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="NUM.24.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.24.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">And ships </span><span class="add"><span class="content">shall come</span></span><span class="content"> from the coast of Chittim,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.24.24"><span class="content">And shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.24.24"><span class="content">And he also shall perish for ever.</span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="NUM.24.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="NUM.24.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.</span></span></div>
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