“The message of Balaam son of Beor,
The words of the man who can see clearly,^[a]
4 Who can hear what God is saying.
With staring eyes I see in a trance
A vision from Almighty God.
⁵ The tents of Israel are beautiful,
⁶ Like long rows of palms
Or gardens beside a river,
Like aloes planted by the Lord
Or cedars beside the water.
⁷ They will have abundant rainfall
And plant their seed in well-watered fields.^[b]
Their king shall be greater than Agag,
And his rule shall be extended far and wide.
⁸ God brought them out of Egypt;
He fights for them like a wild ox.
They devour their enemies,
Crush their bones, smash their arrows.
⁹ The nation is like a mighty lion;
When it is sleeping, no one dares wake it.
Whoever blesses Israel will be blessed,
And whoever curses Israel will be cursed.”

“The message of Balaam son of Beor,
The words of the man who can see clearly,^[c]
16 Who can hear what God is saying
And receive the knowledge that comes from the Most High.
With staring eyes I see in a trance
A vision from Almighty God.
¹⁷ I look into the future,
And I see the nation of Israel.
A king, like a bright star, will arise in that nation.
Like a comet he will come from Israel.
He will strike the leaders of Moab
And beat down all the people of Seth.^[d]
18 He will conquer his enemies in Edom
And make their land his property,
While Israel continues victorious.
¹⁹ The nation of Israel will trample them down
And wipe out the last survivors.”