Balaam’s First Oracle: Israel Blessed

Numbers 23:7-12

And he took up his parable, and said, From Aram hath Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, And come, defy Israel.

How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied?

For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: Lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.

Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!

And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth?

Balaam’s First Oracle: Israel Blessed

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