ASV_Strong : Numbers 24
1. And when Balaam[H1109] saw[H7200] that it pleased[H5869] Jehovah[H3068] to bless[H1288] Israel[H3478], he went[H1980] not[H6471], as at the other times, to meet[H7125] with enchantments[H5173], but he set[H7896] his face[H6440] toward the wilderness[H4057].
2. And Balaam[H1109] lifted up[H5375] his eyes[H5869], and he saw[H7200] Israel[H3478] dwelling[H7931] according to their tribes[H7626]; and the Spirit[H7307] of God came upon him[H430].
3. And he took up[H5375] his parable[H4912], and said[H559], Balaam[H1109] the son[H1121] of Beor[H1160] saith[H5002], And the man[H1397] whose eye[H5869] was closed[H8365] saith[H5002];
4. He saith[H5002], who heareth[H8085] the words[H561] of God[H410], Who seeth[H2372] the vision[H4236] of the Almighty[H7706], Falling[H5307] down[H5869], and having his eyes open[H1540]:
5. How goodly[H2895] are thy tents[H168], O Jacob[H3290], Thy tabernacles[H4908], O Israel[H3478]!
6. As valleys[H5158] are they spread forth[H5186], As gardens[H1593] by the river-side[H5104], As lign-aloes[H174] which Jehovah[H3068] hath planted[H5193], As cedar-trees[H730] beside the waters[H4325].
7. Water[H4325] shall flow[H5140] from[H5140] his buckets[H1805], And his seed[H2233] shall be in many[H7227] waters[H4325], And his king[H4428] shall be higher[H7311] than Agag[H90], And his kingdom[H4438] shall be exalted[H5375].
8. God[H410] bringeth him forth[H3318] out of Egypt[H4714]; He hath as it were the strength[H8443] of the wild-ox[H7214]: He shall eat up[H398] the nations[H1471] his adversaries[H6862], And shall break[H1633] their bones[H6106] in pieces[H4272], And smite them through with his arrows[H2671].
9. He couched[H3766], he lay down[H7901] as a lion[H738], And as a lioness[H3833]; who shall rouse him up[H6965]? Blessed[H1288] be every one that blesseth[H1288] thee[H779], And cursed be every one that curseth thee[H779].
10. And Balak[H1111]'s anger[H639] was kindled[H2734] against Balaam[H1109], and he smote[H5606] his hands[H3709] together[H5606]; and Balak[H1111] said[H559] unto Balaam[H1109], I called[H7121] thee to curse[H6895] mine enemies[H341], and[H1288], behold, thou hast altogether blessed[H1288] them these three[H7969] times[H6471].
11. Therefore now flee[H1272] thou to thy place[H4725]: I thought[H559] to promote[H3513] thee unto great[H3513] honor[H3513]; but[H3068], lo, Jehovah hath kept thee back[H4513] from honor[H3519].
12. And Balaam[H1109] said[H559] unto Balak[H1111], Spake[H1696] I not also to thy messengers[H4397] that thou sentest[H7971] unto me[H559], saying,
13. If Balak[H1111] would give[H5414] me his house[H1004] full[H4393] of silver[H3701] and gold[H2091], I cannot[H3201] go beyond[H5674] the word[H6310] of Jehovah[H3068], to do[H6213] either good[H2896] or bad[H7451] of mine own mind[H3820]; what Jehovah[H3068] speaketh[H1696], that will I speak[H1696]?
14. And now[H1980], behold, I go unto my people[H5971]: come[H3212], and I will advertise[H3289] thee what this people[H5971] shall do[H6213] to thy people[H5971] in the latter[H319] days[H3117].
15. And he took up[H5375] his parable[H4912], and said[H559], Balaam[H1109] the son[H1121] of Beor[H1160] saith[H5002], And the man[H1397] whose eye[H5869] was closed[H8365] saith[H5002];
16. He saith[H5002], who heareth[H8085] the words[H561] of God[H410], And knoweth[H3045] the knowledge[H1847] of the Most High[H5945], Who seeth[H2372] the vision[H4236] of the Almighty[H7706], Falling[H5307] down[H5869], and having his eyes open[H1540]:
17. I see[H7200] him[H7200], but not now; I behold him[H7138], but not nigh: There shall come[H1869] forth a star[H3556] out of Jacob[H3290], And a sceptre[H7626] shall rise[H6965] out of Israel[H3478], And shall smite[H4272] through the corners[H6285] of Moab[H4124], And break down[H6979] all the sons[H1121] of tumult[H8352].
18. And Edom[H123] shall be a possession[H3424], Seir[H8165] also shall be a possession[H3424], who were his enemies[H341]; While Israel[H3478] doeth[H6213] valiantly[H2428].
19. And out of Jacob[H3290] shall one have dominion[H7287], And shall destroy[H6] the remnant[H8300] from the city[H5892].
20. And he looked[H7200] on Amalek[H6002], and took up[H5375] his parable[H4912], and said[H559], Amalek[H6002] was the first[H7225] of the nations[H1471]; But his latter[H319] end shall come[H5703] to destruction[H8].
21. And he looked[H7200] on the Kenite[H7017], and took up[H5375] his parable[H4912], and said[H559], Strong[H386] is thy dwelling-place[H4186], And thy nest[H7064] is set[H7760] in the rock[H5553].
22. Nevertheless Kain[H7014] shall[H518] be wasted[H1197], Until Asshur[H804] shall carry thee away captive[H7617].
23. And he took up[H5375] his parable[H4912], and said[H559], Alas[H188], who shall live[H2421] when God[H410] doeth this[H7760]?
24. But ships[H6716] shall come from the coast[H3027] of Kittim[H3794], And they shall afflict[H6031] Asshur[H804], and shall afflict[H6031] Eber[H5677]; And he also shall come[H5703] to destruction[H8].
25. And Balaam[H1109] rose up[H6965], and went[H3212] and returned[H7725] to his place[H4725]; and Balak[H1111] also went[H1980] his way[H1870].
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