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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Balaam told Balak, "Build for me here seven altars and prepare here for me seven bulls and seven rams." |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2So Balak did just as Balaam instructed. Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Then Balaam instructed Balak, "Stand by your offering and leave me alone by myself. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet me. I'll tell you whatever he reveals to me." And so he went to a high place, |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4where the LORD met with Balaam, who told him, "I've prepared seven altars and offered bulls and rams on an altar." |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Then the LORD gave Balaam this message. "Return to Balak and speak to him." |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6So Balaam returned to where Balak had been standing, that is, next to his offerings, accompanied by all the Moabite officials. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Then Balaam uttered this prophetic statement: "King Balak of Moab brought me from Aram, from the eastern mountains, and told me, 'Come and curse Jacob for me. Come and curse Israel.' |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8But how can I curse those whom God hasn't cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD hasn't denounced? |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9I saw them from the top of the rocks. I watched them from the hills. Truly this is a people that lives by itself and doesn't matter among the nations. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Who can count the dust of Jacob? Who can number the dust of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and may I end up like him." |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11"What are you doing to me?" Balak asked Balaam. "I brought you to curse my enemies, not pronounce a blessing!" |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12But in response, Balaam asked, "Shouldn't I be careful to communicate only what the LORD puts in my mouth?" |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13"Come with me to another place where you can see them," Balak replied. "You'll only see a portion of them, because you won't be able to see them completely. Come and curse them from there for me." |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, and from there to the top of Mount Pisgah, where he built seven altars and then offered a bull and a ram on each altar. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Then he told Balak, "Stand by your offering while I go alone to meet the LORD." |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Then the LORD met with Balaam and gave a message to him. "Now go back to Balak and speak to him." |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17So Balaam returned to where Balak had been standing, that is, next to his offerings, accompanied by the Moabite officials. "What did the LORD say?" Balak asked him. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18In response, Balaam uttered this prophetic statement: "Stand up, Balak, and pay attention! Listen to me, you son of Zippor! |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19God is not a human male— he doesn't lie, nor is he a human being— he never vacillates. Once he speaks up, he's going to act, isn't he? Once he makes a promise, he'll fulfill it, won't he? |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Look! I've received a blessing, and so I will bless. I won't withdraw it. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21He has not responded to iniquity in Jacob or gazed at mischief in Israel. The LORD his God is with them, and the triumphant cry of a king is among them. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22From Egypt God brought them— his strength was like a wild ox! |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23No Satanic plan against Jacob nor divination against Israel can ever prevail. When the time is right, it is to be asked about Jacob and Israel, 'What has God accomplished?' |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Look! The people are like lions. Like the lion, he rises up! He does not lie down again until he has consumed his prey and drunk the blood of the slain." |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Then Balak told Balaam, "Don't curse them or bless them!" |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26"Didn't I tell you," Balaam responded to Balak, "that I'll say whatever the LORD tells me to say?" |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27So Balak exhorted Balaam, "Let's go right now! I'll take you to another place. Maybe God will agree to have you curse them for me from there." |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which overlooks the open wilderness. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Balaam told Balak, "Build seven altars for me right here. Then prepare seven bulls and seven rams." |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Balak did just what Balaam had instructed—he offered a bull and a ram on each altar. |
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