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Numbers 24:15-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Numbers 24:15-17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Balaam’s Fourth Oracle
15 Then he proclaimed his poem:
The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened;[a]
16 the oracle of one who hears the sayings of God
and has knowledge from the Most High,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
who falls into a trance with his eyes uncovered:(A)
17 I see him,[b] but not now;
I perceive him,[c] but not near.
A star will come from Jacob,
and a scepter will arise from Israel.(B)
He will smash the forehead[d] of Moab
and strike down[e] all the Shethites.[f]
Footnotes
- Numbers 24:15 LXX reads true; Vg reads closed
- Numbers 24:17 Or Him
- Numbers 24:17 Or Him
- Numbers 24:17 Or frontiers
- Numbers 24:17 Sam reads and the skulls of; Jr 48:45
- Numbers 24:17 Or Sethites
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