Numbers 24

1 ♥ 📝 A nd when Balaam^H1109 saw^H7200 that it pleased^H5869 Jehovah^H3068 to bless^H1288 Israel,^H3478 he went^H1980 not, as at the other times,^H6471 to meet^H7125 with enchantments,^H5173 but he set^H7896 his face^H6440 toward the wilderness.^H4057

2 ♥ 📝 And Balaam^H1109 lifted up^H5375 his eyes,^H5869 and he saw^H7200 Israel^H3478 dwelling^H7931 according to their tribes;^H7626 and the Spirit^H7307 of God^H430 came upon him.

3 ♥ 📝 And he took up^H5375 his parable,^H4912 and said,^H559 Balaam^H1109 the son^H1121 of Beor^H1160 saith,^H5002 And the man^H1397 whose eye^H5869 was closed^H8365 saith;^H5002

4 ♥ 📝 He saith,^H5002 who heareth^H8085 the words^H561 of God,^H410 Who seeth^H2372 the vision^H4236 of the Almighty,^H7706 Falling^H5307 down, and having his eyes^H5869 open:^H1540

5 ♥ 📝 How goodly^H2895 are thy tents,^H168 O Jacob,^H3290 Thy tabernacles,^H4908 O Israel!^H3478

6 ♥ 📝 As valleys^H5158 are they spread forth,^H5186 As gardens^H1593 by the river-side,^H5104 As lign-aloes^H174 which Jehovah^H3068 hath planted,^H5193 As cedar-trees^H730 beside the waters.^H4325

7 ♥ 📝 Water^H4325 shall flow^H5140 from^H5140 his buckets,^H1805 And his seed^H2233 shall be in many^H7227 waters,^H4325 And his king^H4428 shall be higher^H7311 than Agag,^H90 And his kingdom^H4438 shall be exalted.^H5375

8 ♥ 📝 God^H410 bringeth him forth^H3318 out of Egypt;^H4714 He hath as it were the strength^H8443 of the wild-ox:^H7214 He shall eat up^H398 the nations^H1471 his adversaries,^H6862 And shall break^H1633 their bones^H6106 in pieces, And smite^H4272 [them] through with his arrows.^H2671

9 ♥ 📝 He couched,^H3766 he lay down^H7901 as a lion,^H738 And as a lioness;^H3833 who shall rouse him up?^H6965 Blessed^H1288 be every one that blesseth^H1288 thee, And cursed^H779 be every one that curseth^H779 thee.

10 ♥ 📝 And Balak's^H1111 anger^H639 was kindled^H2734 against Balaam,^H1109 and he smote^H5606 his hands^H3709 together;^H5606 and Balak^H1111 said^H559 unto Balaam,^H1109 I called^H7121 thee to curse^H6895 mine enemies,^H341 and, behold, thou hast altogether^H1288 blessed^H1288 them these three^H7969 times.^H6471

11 ♥ 📝 Therefore now flee^H1272 thou to thy place:^H4725 I thought^H559 to promote^H3513 thee unto great^H3513 honor;^H3513 but, lo, Jehovah^H3068 hath kept thee back^H4513 from honor.^H3519

12 ♥ 📝 And Balaam^H1109 said^H559 unto Balak,^H1111 Spake^H1696 I not also to thy messengers^H4397 that thou sentest^H7971 unto me, saying,^H559

13 ♥ 📝 If Balak^H1111 would give^H5414 me his house^H1004 full^H4393 of silver^H3701 and gold,^H2091 I cannot^H3201 go beyond^H5674 the word^H6310 of Jehovah,^H3068 to do^H6213 either good^H2896 or bad^H7451 of mine own mind;^H3820 what Jehovah^H3068 speaketh,^H1696 that will I speak?^H1696

14 ♥ 📝 And now, behold, I go^H1980 unto my people:^H5971 come,^H3212 [and] I will advertise^H3289 thee what this people^H5971 shall do^H6213 to thy people^H5971 in the latter^H319 days.^H3117

15 ♥ 📝 And he took up^H5375 his parable,^H4912 and said,^H559 Balaam^H1109 the son^H1121 of Beor^H1160 saith,^H5002 And the man^H1397 whose eye^H5869 was closed^H8365 saith;^H5002

16 ♥ 📝 He saith,^H5002 who heareth^H8085 the words^H561 of God,^H410 And knoweth^H3045 the knowledge^H1847 of the Most High,^H5945 Who seeth^H2372 the vision^H4236 of the Almighty,^H7706 Falling^H5307 down, and having his eyes^H5869 open:^H1540

17 ♥ 📝 I see^H7200 him, but not now; I behold^H7200 him, but not nigh:^H7138 There shall come^H1869 forth a star^H3556 out of Jacob,^H3290 And a sceptre^H7626 shall rise^H6965 out of Israel,^H3478 And shall smite^H4272 through the corners^H6285 of Moab,^H4124 And break down^H6979 all the sons^H1121 of tumult.^H8352

18 ♥ 📝 And Edom^H123 shall be a possession,^H3424 Seir^H8165 also shall be a possession,^H3424 [who were] his enemies;^H341 While Israel^H3478 doeth^H6213 valiantly.^H2428

19 ♥ 📝 And out of Jacob^H3290 shall one have dominion,^H7287 And shall destroy^H6 the remnant^H8300 from the city.^H5892

20 ♥ 📝 And he looked^H7200 on Amalek,^H6002 and took up^H5375 his parable,^H4912 and said,^H559 Amalek^H6002 was the first^H7225 of the nations;^H1471 But his latter^H319 end shall come^H5703 to destruction.^H8

21 ♥ 📝 And he looked^H7200 on the Kenite,^H7017 and took up^H5375 his parable,^H4912 and said,^H559 Strong^H386 is thy dwelling-place,^H4186 And thy nest^H7064 is set^H7760 in the rock.^H5553

22 ♥ 📝 Nevertheless Kain^H7014 shall^H518 be wasted,^H1197 Until Asshur^H804 shall carry thee away captive.^H7617

23 ♥ 📝 And he took up^H5375 his parable,^H4912 and said,^H559 Alas,^H188 who shall live^H2421 when God^H410 doeth^H7760 this?

24 ♥ 📝 But ships^H6716 [shall come] from the coast^H3027 of Kittim,^H3794 And they shall afflict^H6031 Asshur,^H804 and shall afflict^H6031 Eber;^H5677 And he also shall come^H5703 to destruction.^H8

25 ♥ 📝 And Balaam^H1109 rose up,^H6965 and went^H3212 and returned^H7725 to his place;^H4725 and Balak^H1111 also went^H1980 his way.^H1870