Numbers 24:3
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He took up his parable and said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man hath said, whose eye is stopped up:

saw

Numbers 12:6 He said to them: Hear my words: if there be among you a prophet of the Lord, I will appear to him in a vision, or I will speak to him in a dream.

Genesis 15:12 And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.

Psalm 89:19 Then thou spokest in a vision to thy saints, and saidst: I have laid help upon one that is mighty, and have exalted one chosen out of my people.

Daniel 8:26,27 And the vision of the evening and the morning, which was told, is true: thou, therefore, seal up the vision, because it shall come to pass after many days. . . .

Acts 10:10,19 And being hungry, he was desirous to taste somewhat. And as they were preparing, there came upon him an ecstasy of mind. . . .

Acts 22:17 And it came to pass, when I was come again to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I was in a trance,

2 Corinthians 12:1-4 If I must glory (it is not expedient indeed) but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. . . .

falling

Numbers 22:31 Forthwith the Lord opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel standing in the way with a drawn sword, and he worshipped him falling flat on the ground.

1 Samuel 19:24 And he stripped himself also of his garments, and prophesied with the rest before Samuel, and lay down naked all that day and night. This gave occasion to a proverb: What! is Saul too among the prophets?

Ezekiel 1:28 As the appearance of the rainbow when it is in a cloud on a rainy day: this was the appearance of the brightness round about.

Daniel 8:17,18 And he came, and stood near where I stood: and when he was come, I fell on my face, trembling, and he said to me: Understand, O son of man, for in the time of the end the vision shall be fulfilled. . . .

Daniel 10:15,16 And when he was speaking such words to me, I cast down my countenance to the ground, and held my peace. . . .

Revelation 1:10,17 I was in the spirit on the Lord's day and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, . . .

Context
Balaam's Third Oracle
2And lifting up his eyes, he saw Israel abiding in their tents by their tribes: and the spirit of God rushing upon him, 3He took up his parable and said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man hath said, whose eye is stopped up:4The bearer of the words of God hath said, he that hath beheld the vision of the Almighty, he that falleth, and so his eyes are opened:…
Cross References
Numbers 24:15
Therefore taking up his parable, again he said: Balaam the son of Beor hath said: The man whose eye is stopped up, hath said:

Numbers 24:16
The hearer of the words of God hath said, who knoweth the doctrine of the Highest, and seeth the visions of the Almighty, who falling hath his eyes opened:

Job 29:1
Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

Lexicon
and he lifted up
וַיִּשָּׂ֥א (way·yiś·śā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5375: To lift, carry, take

an oracle,
מְשָׁל֖וֹ (mə·šā·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4912: A pithy maxim, a simile

saying:
וַיֹּאמַ֑ר (way·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“[This is] the prophecy
נְאֻ֤ם (nə·’um)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle

of Balaam
בִּלְעָם֙ (bil·‘ām)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1109: Balaam -- a prophet

son
בְּנ֣וֹ (bə·nōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

of Beor,
בְעֹ֔ר (ḇə·‘ōr)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1160: Beor -- 'a burning', father of an Edomite king, also the father of Balaam

the prophecy
וּנְאֻ֥ם (ū·nə·’um)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle

of a man
הַגֶּ֖בֶר (hag·ge·ḇer)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1397: A valiant man, warrior, a person simply

whose eyes
הָעָֽיִן׃ (hā·‘ā·yin)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

are open,
שְׁתֻ֥ם (šə·ṯum)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8365: Probably to stop up


Additional Translations
and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said:

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith;

And he took up his parable and said, Balaam son of Beor says, the man who sees truly says,

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, And the man whose eye was closed saith:

And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said:

He took up his parable, and said, "Balaam the son of Beor says, the man whose eye was closed says;

and he taketh up his simile, and saith: 'An affirmation of Balaam son of Beor -- And an affirmation of the man whose eyes are shut --
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