2 When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped, tribe by tribe, the spirit of God came upon him,

3 and he recited his poem: The oracle of Balaam, son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye is true,

4 The oracle of one who hears what God says, and knows what the Most High knows, Of one who sees what the Almighty sees, in rapture and with eyes unveiled:

Numbers 24:2-4, New American Bible Revised. Copyright © 2010 USCCB.
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