And he (A)took up his [a]oracle and said:

“Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram,
From the mountains of the east.
(B)‘Come, curse Jacob for me,
And come, (C)denounce Israel!’

“How(D) shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
For from the top of the rocks I see him,
And from the hills I behold him;
There! (E)A people dwelling alone,
(F)Not reckoning itself among the nations.

10 “Who(G) can count the [b]dust of Jacob,
Or number one-fourth of Israel?
Let me die (H)the death of the righteous,
And let my end be like his!”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:7 prophetic discourse
  2. Numbers 23:10 Or dust cloud

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