Numbers 24:12-25

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¹²And Balaam said to Balak, “Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me, ¹³‘If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will; what the Lord speaks, that will I speak’? ¹⁴And now, behold, I am going to my people; come, I will let you know what this people will do to your people in the latter days.” ¹⁵And he took up his discourse, and said,

“The oracle of Balaam the son of Be′or,
    the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,^[a]
¹⁶the oracle of him who hears the words of God,
    and knows the knowledge of the Most High,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
    falling down, but having his eyes uncovered:
¹⁷I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not nigh:
a star shall come forth out of Jacob,
    and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the forehead^[b] of Moab,
    and break down all the sons of Sheth.
¹⁸Edom shall be dispossessed,
    Se′ir also, his enemies, shall be dispossessed,
    while Israel does valiantly.
¹⁹By Jacob shall dominion be exercised,
    and the survivors of cities be destroyed!”

²⁰Then he looked on Am′alek, and took up his discourse, and said,

“Am′alek was the first of the nations,
but in the end he shall come to destruction.”

²¹And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his discourse, and said,

“Enduring is your dwelling place,
and your nest is set in the rock;
²²nevertheless Kain shall be wasted.
How long shall Asshur take you away captive?”

²³And he took up his discourse, and said,

“Alas, who shall live when God does this?
²⁴ But ships shall come from Kittim
and shall afflict Asshur and Eber;
and he also shall come to destruction.”

²⁵Then Balaam rose, and went back to his place; and Balak also went his way.

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Notas al pie

Numbers 24:15 Or closed or perfect
Numbers 24:17 Heb corners (of the head)

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