8 “Goda brings him out of Egypt;
He has strength like a wild ox;
He shall bconsume the nations, his enemies;
He shall cbreak their bones
And dpierce them with his arrows.
He has strength like a wild ox;
He shall bconsume the nations, his enemies;
He shall cbreak their bones
And dpierce them with his arrows.
9 ‘Hea bows down, he lies down as a lion;
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?’
b“Blessed is he who blesses you,
And cursed is he who curses you.”
And as a lion, who shall rouse him?’
b“Blessed is he who blesses you,
And cursed is he who curses you.”
10 Then Balak’s anger was aroused against Balaam, and he astruck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, b“I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have bountifully blessed them these three times!
11 Now therefore, flee to your place. aI said I would greatly honor you, but in fact, the Lord has kept you back from honor.”
12 So Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not also speak to your messengers whom you sent to me, saying,
13 ‘If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the word of the Lord, to do good or bad of my own will. What the Lord says, that I must speak’?
14 And now, indeed, I am going to my people. Come, aI will advise you what this people will do to your people in the blatter days.”
Balaam’s Fourth Prophecy
15 So he took up his oracle and said:
“The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor,
And the utterance of the man whose eyes are opened;
“The utterance of Balaam the son of Beor,
And the utterance of the man whose eyes are opened;
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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