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| Numbers 23:1 |
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And Baalim said unto Balak, Build me here seven
altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. |
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| Numbers 23:2 |
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And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak
and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. |
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| Numbers 23:3 |
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And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt-offering,
and I will go: peradventure Jehovah will come to meet me; and whatsoever he showeth
me I will tell thee. And he went to a bare height. |
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| Numbers 23:4 |
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And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I
have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bullock and a ram on every
altar. |
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| Numbers 23:5 |
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And Jehovah put a word in Balaam's mouth, and
said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. |
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| Numbers 23:6 |
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And he returned unto him, and, lo, he was standing
by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab. |
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| Numbers 23:7 |
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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. |
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| Numbers 23:8 |
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How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed?
And how shall I defy, whom Jehovah hath not defied? |
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| Numbers 23:9 |
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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. |
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| Numbers 23:10 |
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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! |
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| Numbers 23:11 |
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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. |
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| Numbers 23:12 |
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And he answered and said, Must I not take heed
to speak that which Jehovah putteth in my mouth? |
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| Numbers 23:13 |
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And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee,
with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them; thou shalt see but
the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.
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| Numbers 23:14 |
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And he took him into the field of Zophim, to
the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered up a bullock and a ram
on every altar. |
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| Numbers 23:15 |
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And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt-offering,
while I meet Jehovah yonder. |
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| Numbers 23:16 |
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And Jehovah met Balaam, and put a word in his
mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus shalt thou speak. |
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| Numbers 23:17 |
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And he came to him, and, lo, he was standing
by his burnt-offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him,
What hath Jehovah spoken? |
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| Numbers 23:18 |
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And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up,
Balak, and hear; Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: |
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| Numbers 23:19 |
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God is not a man, that he should lie, Neither
the son of man, that he should repent: Hath he said, and will he not do it? Or
hath he spoken, and will he not make it good? |
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| Numbers 23:20 |
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Behold, I have received commandment to bless:
And he hath blessed, and I cannot reverse it. |
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| Numbers 23:21 |
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He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob; Neither
hath he seen perverseness in Israel: Jehovah his God is with him, And the shout
of a king is among them. |
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| Numbers 23:22 |
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God bringeth them forth out of Egypt; He hath
as it were the strength of the wild-ox. |
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| Numbers 23:23 |
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Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; Neither
is there any divination with Israel: Now shalt it be said of Jacob and of Israel,
What hath God wrought! |
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| Numbers 23:24 |
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Behold, the people riseth up as a lioness, And
as a lion doth he lift himself up: He shall not lie down until he eat of the prey,
And drink the blood of the slain. |
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| Numbers 23:25 |
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And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them
at all, nor bless them at all. |
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| Numbers 23:26 |
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But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told
not I thee, saying, All that Jehovah speaketh, that I must do? |
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| Numbers 23:27 |
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And Balak said unto Balaam, Come now, I will
take thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest
curse me them from thence. |
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| Numbers 23:28 |
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And Balak took Balaam unto the top of Peor,
that looketh down upon the desert. |
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| Numbers 23:29 |
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And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven
altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. |
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| Numbers 23:30 |
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And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered
up a bullock and a ram on every altar. |
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