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Numbers 23:25
Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing.

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Numbers 23:24
See, Israel comes up like a she-lion, lifting himself up like a lion: he will take no rest till he has made a meal of those he has overcome, drinking the blood of those he has put to death.

Numbers 23:25
Then Balak said to Balaam, If you will not put a curse on them, at all events do not give them a blessing.

Numbers 23:26
But Balaam in answer said to Balak, Did I not say to you, I may only do what the Lord says?

Numbers 24:5
How fair are your tents, O Jacob, your houses, O Israel!

Numbers 24:6
They are stretched out like valleys, like gardens by the riverside, like flowering trees planted by the Lord, like cedar-trees by the waters.

Numbers 24:7
Peoples will be in fear before his strength, his arm will be on great nations: his king will be higher than Agag, and his kingdom made great in honour.

Numbers 24:8
It is God who has taken him out of Egypt; his horns are like those of the mountain ox; the nations warring against him will be his food, their bones will be broken, they will be wounded with his arrows.

Numbers 24:9
He took his sleep stretched out like a lion, and like a she-lion: by whom will his rest be broken? May a blessing be on everyone who gives you blessing, and a curse on everyone by whom you are cursed.

Genesis 12:3
To them who are good to you will I give blessing, and on him who does you wrong will I put my curse: and you will become a name of blessing to all the families of the earth.

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Numbers 24:1
Now when Balaam saw that it was the Lord's pleasure to give his blessing to Israel, he did not, as at other times, make use of secret arts, but turning his face to the waste land,

Numbers 24:3
And moved by the spirit, he said, These are the words of Balaam, son of Beor, the words of the man whose eyes are open:

Numbers 24:4
He says, whose ears are open to the words of God, who has seen the vision of the Ruler of all, falling down, but having his eyes open:

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