Numbers 24:2-9

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²When Balaam looked out and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came on him^(A) ³and he spoke his message:

“The prophecy of Balaam son of Beor,
    the prophecy of one whose eye sees clearly,^(B)
⁴the prophecy of one who hears the words of God,^(C)
    who sees a vision from the Almighty,^[a]^(D)
    who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:

⁵“How beautiful are your tents,^(E) Jacob,
your dwelling places, Israel!

⁶“Like valleys they spread out,
    like gardens beside a river,^(F)
like aloes^(G) planted by the Lord,
    like cedars beside the waters.^(H)
⁷Water will flow from their buckets;
    their seed will have abundant water.

“Their king will be greater than Agag;^(I)
their kingdom will be exalted.^(J)

⁸“God brought them out of Egypt;
    they have the strength of a wild ox.
They devour hostile nations
    and break their bones in pieces;^(K)
    with their arrows they pierce them.^(L)
⁹Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
    like a lioness^(M)—who dares to rouse them?

“May those who bless you be blessed^(N)
and those who curse you be cursed!”^(O)

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Footnotes

Numbers 24:4 Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 16

Matthew 6:19-24

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Treasures in Heaven^(A)

¹⁹“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,^(B) where moths and vermin destroy,^(C) and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven,^(D) where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.^(E) ²¹For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.^(F)

²²“The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eyes are healthy,^[a] your whole body will be full of light. ²³But if your eyes are unhealthy,^[b] your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!

²⁴“No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.^(G)

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Footnotes

Matthew 6:22 The Greek for healthy here implies generous.
Matthew 6:23 The Greek for unhealthy here implies stingy.

Ephesians 1:15-20

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Thanksgiving and Prayer

¹⁵For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus^(A) and your love for all God’s people,^(B) ¹⁶I have not stopped giving thanks for you,^(C) remembering you in my prayers.^(D) ¹⁷I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father,^(E) may give you the Spirit^[a] of wisdom^(F) and revelation, so that you may know him better. ¹⁸I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened^(G) in order that you may know the hope to which he has called^(H) you, the riches^(I) of his glorious inheritance^(J) in his holy people,^(K) ¹⁹and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power^(L) is the same as the mighty strength^(M) ²⁰he exerted when he raised Christ from the dead^(N) and seated him at his right hand^(O) in the heavenly realms,^(P)