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10 In a blaze of anger at Balaam, Balak clapped his hands[a] and said to him, “It was to lay a curse on my foes that I summoned you here; yet three times now you have actually blessed them!(A) 11 Now flee to your home. I promised to reward you richly, but the Lord has withheld the reward from you!” 12 Balaam replied to Balak, “Did I not even tell the messengers whom you sent to me,

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  1. 24:10 Balak clapped his hands: a gesture suggesting contempt or derision, apparently made in anger (cf. Jb 27:23; Lam 2:15).