Thematic Bible
Numbers 24:1 (show verse)
When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD that he should bless Israel, he went not as he did twice before to fetch soothsaying, but set his face toward the wilderness,
Numbers 24:2 (show verse)
and lift up his eyes and looked upon Israel as he lay with his tribes, and the spirit of God came upon him.
Numbers 24:3 (show verse)
And he took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor hath said;
Numbers 24:4 (show verse)
and the man whose eye is open hath said; he hath said, which heareth the words of God and seeth the visions of the almighty, which falleth down and his eyes are opened:
Numbers 24:5 (show verse)
How goodly are the tents of Jacob, and thine habitations Israel;
Numbers 24:6 (show verse)
even as the broad valleys and as gardens by the river's side, as the tents which the LORD hath pitched and as cypress trees upon the water.
Numbers 24:7 (show verse)
The water shall flow out of his bucket and his seed shall be many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag; and his kingdom shall be exalted.
Numbers 24:8 (show verse)
God that brought him out of Egypt is as the strength of an unicorn unto him, and he shall eat the nations that are his enemies and break their bones and pierce them through with his arrows.
Numbers 24:9 (show verse)
He couched himself and lay down as a lion and as a lioness; who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee."
Numbers 24:10 (show verse)
And Balak was wroth with Balaam, and smote his hands together, and said unto him, "I sent for thee to curse mine enemies: and behold, thou hast blessed them this three times,
Numbers 24:11 (show verse)
and now get thee quickly unto thy place. I thought that I would promote thee unto honour, but the LORD hath kept thee back from worship."
Numbers 24:12 (show verse)
And Balaam said unto Balak, "Told I not thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying,
Numbers 24:13 (show verse)
'If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot pass the mouth of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind. What the LORD sayeth, that must I speak.'
Numbers 24:14 (show verse)
And now behold, I go unto my people: come let me show thee, what this people shall do to thy folk in the latter days."
Numbers 24:15 (show verse)
And he began his parable and said, "Balaam the son of Beor hath said; and the man that hath his eye open hath said;
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Numbers 24:16 (show verse)
and he hath said, that heareth the words of God and hath the knowledge of the most high and beholdeth the vision of the almighty, and when he falleth down hath his eyes opened:
Numbers 24:17 (show verse)
I see him but not now, I behold him but not nigh. There shall come a star of Jacob and rise a scepter of Israel, which shall smite the coasts of Moab and undermine all the children of Seth.
Numbers 24:18 (show verse)
And Edom shall be his possession, and the possession of Seir shall be their enemies, and Israel shall do manfully.
Numbers 24:19 (show verse)
And out of Jacob shall come he that shall destroy the remnant of the cities."
Numbers 24:20 (show verse)
And he looked on Amalek and began his parable, and said, "Amalek is the first of the nations, but his latter end shall perish utterly."
Numbers 24:21 (show verse)
And he looked on the Kenites, and took his parable, and said, "Strong is thy dwelling place, and put thy nest upon a rock.
Numbers 24:22 (show verse)
Neverthelater, thou shalt be a burning to Kain, until Assyria take thee prisoner."
Numbers 24:23 (show verse)
And he took his parable, and said, "Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?
Numbers 24:24 (show verse)
The ships shall come out of the coast of Kittim and subdue Assyria and subdue Eber, and he himself shall perish at the last."
Numbers 24:25 (show verse)
And Balaam rose up and went and dwelt in his place: and Balak also went his way.
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