Numbers 24:15-19

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“The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
    the oracle of the man whose eye is clear,^[a]
16 the oracle of one who hears the words of God
    and knows the knowledge of the Most High,^[b]
who sees the vision of the Almighty,^[c]
    who falls down but with eyes uncovered:
¹⁷ I see him but not now;
    I behold him but not near—
a star shall come out of Jacob,
    and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the foreheads^[d] of Moab
    and the heads^[e] of all the Shethites.^(A)
18 Edom will become a possession,
    Seir a possession of its enemies,
    while Israel does valiantly.^(B)
19 One out of Jacob shall rule
    and destroy the survivors of Ir.”^(C)