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1. Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
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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 as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram.
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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. Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: perhaps Yahweh will come to meet me; and whatever he shows me I will tell you. He went to a bare height.
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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 met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every 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. Yahweh put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
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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. He returned to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt- offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
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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. He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, Come, defy Israel.
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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. How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy, whom Yahweh has not defied?
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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. For from the top of the rocks I see him, From the hills I see him: behold, it is a people that dwells alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
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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 the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, Let my last end be like his!
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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 took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether.
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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. He answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?
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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. Balak said to him, Please come with me to another place, from whence you may see them; you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there.
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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. He took him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
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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. He said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet Yahweh yonder.
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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. Yahweh met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus shall you speak.
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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. He came to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. Balak said to him, What has Yahweh spoken?
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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. He took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, you 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, that he should lie, Neither the son of man, that he should repent: Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it good?
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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. Behold, I have received commandment to bless: He has blessed, and I can't reverse it.
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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. He has not saw iniquity in Jacob; Neither has he seen perverseness in Israel: Yahweh his God is with him, The shout of a king is among 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 brings them forth out of Egypt; He has as it were the strength of the 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. Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither is there any divination with Israel: Now shall it be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God done!
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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. Behold, the people rises up as a lioness, As a lion does he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, Drink the blood of the slain.
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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. Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all.
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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. But Balaam answered Balak, Didn't I tell you, saying, All that Yahweh speaks, that I must do?
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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. Balak said to Balaam, Come now, I will take you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from there.
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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. Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on 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 to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams.
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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 as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.
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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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