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Numbers 24 :: New International Version (NIV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:1 - Now when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not resort to divination as at other times, but turned his face toward the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:2 - When Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:3 - and he spoke his message: “The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:4 - the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty,[fn] who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:5 - “How beautiful are your tents, Jacob, your dwelling places, Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:6 - “Like valleys they spread out, like gardens beside a river, like aloes planted by the LORD, like cedars beside the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:7 - Water will flow from their buckets; their seed will have abundant water. “Their king will be greater than Agag; their kingdom will be exalted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:8 - “God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox. They devour hostile nations and break their bones in pieces; with their arrows they pierce them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:9 - Like a lion they crouch and lie down, like a lioness—who dares to rouse them? “May those who bless you be blessed and those who curse you be cursed!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:10 - Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam. He struck his hands together and said to him, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but you have blessed them these three times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:11 - Now leave at once and go home! I said I would reward you handsomely, but the LORD has kept you from being rewarded.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:12 - Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell the messengers you sent me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:13 - ‘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 LORD—and I must say only what the LORD says’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:14 - 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.”

Balaam’s Fourth Message

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:15 - Then he spoke his message: “The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:16 - the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:17 - “I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come out of Jacob; a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the foreheads of Moab, the skulls[fn] of[fn] all the people of Sheth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:18 - Edom will be conquered; Seir, his enemy, will be conquered, but Israel will grow strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:19 - A ruler will come out of Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”

Balaam’s Fifth Message

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:20 - Then Balaam saw Amalek and spoke his message: “Amalek was first among the nations, but their end will be utter destruction.”

Balaam’s Sixth Message

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:21 - Then he saw the Kenites and spoke his message: “Your dwelling place is secure, your nest is set in a rock;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:22 - yet you Kenites will be destroyed when Ashur takes you captive.”

Balaam’s Seventh Message

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:23 - Then he spoke his message: “Alas! Who can live when God does this?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 24:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:24 - Ships will come from the shores of Cyprus; they will subdue Ashur and Eber, but they too will come to ruin.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 24:25 - Then Balaam got up and returned home, and Balak went his own way.
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NIV Footnotes
Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 16
Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Jer. 48:45); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
Or possibly Moab, / batter
Or all the noisy boasters
Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew The people from the islands will gather from the north.
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