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1. Balaam said, "Build seven altars here. And prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me."
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1. And Balaam H1109 said H559 unto H413 Balak H1111 , Build H1129 me here H2088 seven H7651 altars H4196 , and prepare H3559 me here H2088 seven H7651 oxen H6499 and seven H7651 rams H352 .
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2. Balak did what that Balaam asked. Then Balak and Balaam killed a ram and a bull on each of the altars.
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2. And Balak H1111 did H6213 as H834 Balaam H1109 had spoken H1696 ; and Balak H1111 and Balaam H1109 offered H5927 on every altar H4196 a bullock H6499 and a ram H352 .
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3. Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here near this altar. I will go to another place. Then the Lord will come to me, and he will tell me what I must say." Then Balaam went away to a higher place.
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3. And Balaam H1109 said H559 unto Balak H1111 , Stand H3320 by H5921 thy burnt offering H5930 , and I will go H1980 : peradventure H194 the LORD H3068 will come H7136 to meet H7125 me : and whatsoever H1697 H4100 he showeth H7200 me I will tell H5046 thee . And he went H1980 to a high place H8205 .
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4. God came to Balaam at that place, and Balaam said, "I have prepared seven altars. And I have killed a bull and a ram as a sacrifice on each altar."
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4. And God H430 met H7136 H413 Balaam H1109 : and he said H559 unto H413 him , I have prepared H6186 H853 seven H7651 altars H4196 , and I have offered H5927 upon every altar H4196 a bullock H6499 and a ram H352 .
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5. Then the Lord told Balaam what he should say. Then the Lord said, "Go back to Balak and say the things that I have given you to say."
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5. And the LORD H3068 put H7760 a word H1697 in Balaam H1109 's mouth H6310 , and said H559 , Return H7725 unto H413 Balak H1111 , and thus H3541 thou shalt speak H1696 .
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6. So Balaam went back to Balak. Balak was still standing near the altar, and all the leaders of Moab were standing there with them.
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6. And he returned H7725 unto H413 him, and, lo H2009 , he stood H5324 by H5921 his burnt sacrifice H5930 , he H1931 , and all H3605 the princes H8269 of Moab H4124 .
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7. Then Balaam said this: Balak, the king of Moab, brought me here from the eastern mountains of Aram. Balak said to me, "Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, speak against the Israelites."
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7. And he took up H5375 his parable H4912 , and said H559 , Balak H1111 the king H4428 of Moab H4124 hath brought H5148 me from H4480 Aram H758 , out of the mountains H4480 H2042 of the east H6924 , saying , Come H1980 , curse H779 me Jacob H3290 , and come H1980 , defy H2194 Israel H3478 .
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8. But God is not against them, so I cannot speak against them either! The Lord has not asked for bad things to happen to these people. So I cannot do that either.
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8. How H4100 shall I curse H6895 , whom God H410 hath not H3808 cursed H6895 ? or how H4100 shall I defy H2194 , whom the LORD H3068 hath not H3808 defied H2194 ?
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9. I see these people from the mountain. I see them from the high hills. They live alone. They are not part of another nation.
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9. For H3588 from the top H4480 H7218 of the rocks H6697 I see H7200 him , and from the hills H4480 H1389 I behold H7789 him: lo H2005 , the people H5971 shall dwell H7931 alone H910 , and shall not H3808 be reckoned H2803 among the nations H1471 .
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10. Who can count Jacob's people? They are as many as the grains of dust. No one can count even a fourth of the Israelites. Let me die like a good man. Let my life end as happy as theirs!
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10. Who H4310 can count H4487 the dust H6083 of Jacob H3290 , and the number H4557 of H853 the fourth H7255 part of Israel H3478 ? Let me H5315 die H4191 the death H4194 of the righteous H3477 , and let my last end H319 be H1961 like his H3644 !
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11. Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, but you have blessed them!"
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11. And Balak H1111 said H559 unto H413 Balaam H1109 , What H4100 hast thou done H6213 unto me? I took H3947 thee to curse H6895 mine enemies H341 , and, behold H2009 , thou hast blessed them altogether H1288 H1288 .
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12. But Balaam answered, "I must say the things that the Lord tells me to say."
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12. And he answered H6030 and said H559 , Must I not H3808 take heed H8104 to speak H1696 that H853 which H834 the LORD H3068 hath put H7760 in my mouth H6310 ?
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13. Then Balak said to him, "So come with me to another place. At that place you can see more of these people. You cannot see all of them�you can only see part of them. Maybe from that place you can curse them for me."
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13. And Balak H1111 said H559 unto H413 him, Come H1980 , I pray thee H4994 , with H854 me unto H413 another H312 place H4725 , from whence H834 H4480 H8033 thou mayest see H7200 them : thou shalt see H7200 but H657 the utmost part H7097 of them , and shalt not H3808 see H7200 them all H3605 : and curse H6895 me them from thence H4480 H8033 .
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14. So Balak led Balaam to Watchmen Hills. This was on top of Mount Pisgah. There Balak built seven altars and killed a bull and a ram on each altar as a sacrifice.
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14. And he brought H3947 him into the field H7704 of Zophim H6839 , to H413 the top H7218 of Pisgah H6449 , and built H1129 seven H7651 altars H4196 , and offered H5927 a bullock H6499 and a ram H352 on every altar H4196 .
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15. Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here by this altar while I will go meet with God over there."
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15. And he said H559 unto H413 Balak H1111 , Stand H3320 here H3541 by H5921 thy burnt offering H5930 , while I H595 meet H7136 the LORD yonder H3541 .
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16. So the Lord came to Balaam and told Balaam what to say. Then he told Balaam to go back to Balak and say these things.
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16. And the LORD H3068 met H7136 H413 Balaam H1109 , and put H7760 a word H1697 in his mouth H6310 , and said H559 , Go again H7725 unto H413 Balak H1111 , and say H1696 thus H3541 .
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17. So Balaam went to Balak. Balak was still standing near the altar. The leaders of Moab were there with him. Balak saw Balaam coming and said, "What did the Lord say?"
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17. And when he came H935 to H413 him, behold H2009 , he stood H5324 by H5921 his burnt offering H5930 , and the princes H8269 of Moab H4124 with H854 him . And Balak H1111 said H559 unto him, What H4100 hath the LORD H3068 spoken H1696 ?
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18. Then Balaam said this: "Stand up, Balak, and listen to me. Hear me, Balak son of Zippor.
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18. And he took up H5375 his parable H4912 , and said H559 , Rise up H6965 , Balak H1111 , and hear H8085 ; hearken H238 unto H5704 me , thou son H1121 of Zippor H6834 :
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19. God is not a man; he will not lie. God is not a human being; his decisions will not change. If he says he will do something, then he will do it. If he makes a promise, then he will do what he promised.
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19. God H410 is not H3808 a man H376 , that he should lie H3576 ; neither the son H1121 of man H120 , that he should repent H5162 : hath he H1931 said H559 , and shall he not H3808 do H6213 it ? or hath he spoken H1696 , and shall he not H3808 make it good H6965 ?
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20. He told me to bless them. He blessed them, so I cannot change that.
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20. Behold H2009 , I have received H3947 commandment to bless H1288 : and he hath blessed H1288 ; and I cannot H3808 reverse H7725 it.
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21. God saw no wrong in Jacob's people. He saw no sin in the Israelites. The Lord is their God, and he is with them. The Great King is with them!
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21. He hath not H3808 beheld H5027 iniquity H205 in Jacob H3290 , neither H3808 hath he seen H7200 perverseness H5999 in Israel H3478 : the LORD H3068 his God H430 is with H5973 him , and the shout H8643 of a king H4428 is among them.
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22. God brought them out of Egypt. They are as strong as a wild ox.
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22. God H410 brought them out H3318 of Egypt H4480 H4714 ; he hath as it were the strength H8443 of a unicorn H7214 .
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23. There is no power that can defeat the people of Jacob. There is no magic that can stop the Israelites. People will say this about Jacob and the Israelites: 'Look at the great things God did!'
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23. Surely H3588 there is no H3808 enchantment H5173 against Jacob H3290 , neither H3808 is there any divination H7081 against Israel H3478 : according to this time H6256 it shall be said H559 of Jacob H3290 and of Israel H3478 , What H4100 hath God H410 wrought H6466 !
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24. The people are as strong as lions, and they fight like lions. And a lion will not rest until it eats what it has caught, until it drinks the blood of what it has killed."
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24. Behold H2005 , the people H5971 shall rise up H6965 as a great lion H3833 , and lift up himself H5375 as a young lion H738 : he shall not H3808 lie down H7901 until H5704 he eat H398 of the prey H2964 , and drink H8354 the blood H1818 of the slain H2491 .
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25. Then Balak said to Balaam, "You didn't ask for good things to happen to these people, but you didn't ask for bad things to happen to them either!"
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25. And Balak H1111 said H559 unto H413 Balaam H1109 , Neither H1571 H3808 curse them at all H6895 H6895 , nor H1571 H3808 bless them at all H1288 H1288 .
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26. Balaam answered, "I told you before that I can only say what the Lord tells me to say."
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26. But Balaam H1109 answered H6030 and said H559 unto H413 Balak H1111 , Told H1696 H413 not H3808 I thee, saying H559 , All H3605 that H834 the LORD H3068 speaketh H1696 , that I must do H6213 ?
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27. Then Balak said to Balaam, "So come with me to another place. Maybe God will be pleased and will allow you to curse them from that place."
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27. And Balak H1111 said H559 unto H413 Balaam H1109 , Come H1980 , I pray thee H4994 , I will bring H3947 thee unto H413 another H312 place H4725 ; peradventure H194 it will please H3474 H5869 God H430 that thou mayest curse H6895 me them from thence H4480 H8033 .
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28. So Balak led Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which looks out over the desert.
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28. And Balak H1111 brought H3947 H853 Balaam H1109 unto the top H7218 of Peor H6465 , that looketh H8259 toward H5921 H6440 Jeshimon H3452 .
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29. Balaam said, "Build seven altars here. Then prepare seven bulls and seven rams for the altars."
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29. And Balaam H1109 said H559 unto H413 Balak H1111 , Build H1129 me here H2088 seven H7651 altars H4196 , and prepare H3559 me here H2088 seven H7651 bullocks H6499 and seven H7651 rams H352 .
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30. Balak did what Balaam asked. Balak offered the bulls and rams on the altars.
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30. And Balak H1111 did H6213 as H834 Balaam H1109 had said H559 , and offered H5927 a bullock H6499 and a ram H352 on every altar H4196 .
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