Thematic Bible
Numbers 24:1 (show verse)
And Balaam saw that {it pleased} Yahweh to bless Israel, and he did not go {as other times} {to seek out} sorcery; instead, he set his face toward the desert.
Numbers 24:2 (show verse)
Balaam lift up his eyes, and he saw Israel dwelling according to its tribes, and the spirit of God was upon it.
Numbers 24:3 (show verse)
He {uttered} his oracle and said, "The declaration of Balaam son Beor, the declaration of the man [whose] eyes are closed,
Numbers 24:4 (show verse)
the declaration of the hearer of God's words, who sees the revelation of Shaddai, falling down but [whose] eyes are uncovered.
Numbers 24:5 (show verse)
How good are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
Numbers 24:6 (show verse)
They are spread out like valleys, like gardens on a river, like aloes planted by Yahweh, like cedars at [the] waters.
Numbers 24:7 (show verse)
He will pour water from his buckets, and his offspring [will be] like many waters; his king will be higher than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.
Numbers 24:8 (show verse)
God, who brings him out from Egypt, [is] like the strength of a wild ox for him. He will devour [the] nations [who are] his enemies; he will break their bones; he will pierce [them with] his arrows.
Numbers 24:9 (show verse)
He crouches, he lies down like a lion, and like a lioness, who will rouse him? [They who] bless you will be blessed, and [they who] curse you will be cursed."
Numbers 24:10 (show verse)
Then {Balak became angry with} Balaam, and he clapped his hands and said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, but look, you have surely blessed [them] these three times.
Numbers 24:11 (show verse)
{Flee} to your place now. I said I would richly honor you, but look, Yahweh has withheld honor from you."
Numbers 24:12 (show verse)
Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,
Numbers 24:13 (show verse)
'If Balak gave to me the fullness of his house full of silver and gold, I am not able to go beyond {the command of Yahweh} to do good or evil, from my heart; what Yahweh speaks, I will speak'?
Numbers 24:14 (show verse)
And now, look, I [am about] to go to my people; I will advise you what this people will do to your people {in the following days}."
Numbers 24:15 (show verse)
And he {uttered} his oracle and said, "The declaration of Balaam son of Beor, and the declaration of the man whose eye is closed,
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Numbers 24:16 (show verse)
the declaration of the hearer of God's words, and the knower of the knowledge of the Most High, who sees the vision of Shaddai, who is falling, and [his] eyes [are] revealed.
Numbers 24:17 (show verse)
I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near; a star will go out from Jacob, and a scepter will rise from Israel; it will crush the foreheads of Moab and destroy all the children of Seth.
Numbers 24:18 (show verse)
Edom will be a captive; Seir, its enemies, will be a captive, and Israel [will be] acting {courageously}.
Numbers 24:19 (show verse)
Someone from Jacob will rule and will destroy a remnant from the city."
Numbers 24:20 (show verse)
And he looked [at] Amalek, {uttered} his oracle, and said, "Amalek [is] first of [the] nations, but his future [will be] forever ruin."
Numbers 24:21 (show verse)
And he looked [at] the Kenites, {uttered} his oracle, and said, "Steady [is] your dwelling place; in the rock is your nest.
Numbers 24:22 (show verse)
Nevertheless, [the] Kenite will be burned; how long will Asshur keep you captive?"
Numbers 24:23 (show verse)
Again he {uttered} his oracle and said, "Woe, who will live when God establishes this?
Numbers 24:24 (show verse)
The ships [will come] from the hand of the Kittim, and they will afflict Asshur and will afflict Eber; also he [will be] forever ruin."
Numbers 24:25 (show verse)
Then Balaam got up and went and returned to his place, and Balak also went on his way.
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