Numbers 24 — UBES
24Verse 1And when Balaam saw that it pleased God to bless Israel, he did not go according to his custom to meet the omens, but turned his face toward the wilderness.Verse 2And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and sees Israel encamped by their tribes; and the Spirit of God came upon him.Verse 3And he took up his parable and said,Balaam son of Beor says,
The man who sees truly says,
Verse 4He says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One,
Who saw a vision of God in sleep;
His eyes were opened:
Verse 5How goodly are thy habitations, Jacob,
And thy tents, Israel!
Verse 6As shady groves,
And as gardens by a river,
And as tents which God pitched,
And as cedars by the waters.
Verse 7There shall come a man out of his seed,
And he shall rule over many nations;
And the kingdom of Gog shall be exalted,
And his kingdom shall be increased.
Verse 8God led him out of Egypt;
He has as it were the glory of a unicorn:
He shall consume the nations of his enemies,
And he shall drain their marrow,
And with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy.
Verse 9He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion;
Who shall stir him up?
They that bless thee are blessed,
And they that curse thee are cursed.Verse 10And Balak was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemy, and behold thou hast decidedly blessed him this third time.Verse 11Now therefore flee to thy place: I said, I will honor thee, but now the Lord has deprived thee of glory.Verse 12And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not speak to thy messengers also whom thou sentest to me, saying,Verse 13If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to transgress the word of the Lord to make it good or bad by myself; whatsoever things God shall say, them will I speak.Verse 14And now, behold, I return to my place; come, I will advise thee of what this people shall do to thy people in the last days.Verse 15And he took up his parable and said,Balaam the son of Beor says,
The man who sees truly says,
Verse 16Hearing the oracles of God,
Receiving knowledge from the Most High,
And having seen a vision of God in sleep;
His eyes were opened.
Verse 17I will point to him, but not now;
I bless him, but he draws not near:
A star shall rise out of Jacob,
A man shall spring out of Israel;
And shall crush the princes of Moab,
And shall spoil all the sons of Seth.
Verse 18And Edom shall be an inheritance,
And Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance of Israel,
And Israel wrought valiantly.
Verse 19And one shall arise out of Jacob,
And destroy out of the city him that escapes.Verse 20And having seen Amalek, he took up his parable and said,Amalek is the first of the nations;
Yet his seed shall perish.Verse 21And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said,Thy dwelling place is strong;
Yet though thou shouldest put thy nest in a rock,
Verse 22And though Beor should have a skillfully contrived hiding place,
The Assyrians shall carry thee away captive.Verse 23And he looked upon Og, and took up his parable and said,Oh, oh, who shall live, when God shall do these things?
Verse 24And one shall come forth from the hands of the Kittim,
And shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict the Eberites,
And they shall perish together.Verse 25And Balaam rose up and departed and returned to his place, and Balak went to his own home.
The man who sees truly says,
Verse 4He says who hears the oracle of the Mighty One,
Who saw a vision of God in sleep;
His eyes were opened:
Verse 5How goodly are thy habitations, Jacob,
And thy tents, Israel!
Verse 6As shady groves,
And as gardens by a river,
And as tents which God pitched,
And as cedars by the waters.
Verse 7There shall come a man out of his seed,
And he shall rule over many nations;
And the kingdom of Gog shall be exalted,
And his kingdom shall be increased.
Verse 8God led him out of Egypt;
He has as it were the glory of a unicorn:
He shall consume the nations of his enemies,
And he shall drain their marrow,
And with his darts he shall shoot through the enemy.
Verse 9He lay down, he rested as a lion, and as a young lion;
Who shall stir him up?
They that bless thee are blessed,
And they that curse thee are cursed.Verse 10And Balak was angry with Balaam, and clapped his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called thee to curse my enemy, and behold thou hast decidedly blessed him this third time.Verse 11Now therefore flee to thy place: I said, I will honor thee, but now the Lord has deprived thee of glory.Verse 12And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not speak to thy messengers also whom thou sentest to me, saying,Verse 13If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I shall not be able to transgress the word of the Lord to make it good or bad by myself; whatsoever things God shall say, them will I speak.Verse 14And now, behold, I return to my place; come, I will advise thee of what this people shall do to thy people in the last days.Verse 15And he took up his parable and said,Balaam the son of Beor says,
The man who sees truly says,
Verse 16Hearing the oracles of God,
Receiving knowledge from the Most High,
And having seen a vision of God in sleep;
His eyes were opened.
Verse 17I will point to him, but not now;
I bless him, but he draws not near:
A star shall rise out of Jacob,
A man shall spring out of Israel;
And shall crush the princes of Moab,
And shall spoil all the sons of Seth.
Verse 18And Edom shall be an inheritance,
And Esau his enemy shall be an inheritance of Israel,
And Israel wrought valiantly.
Verse 19And one shall arise out of Jacob,
And destroy out of the city him that escapes.Verse 20And having seen Amalek, he took up his parable and said,Amalek is the first of the nations;
Yet his seed shall perish.Verse 21And having seen the Kenite, he took up his parable and said,Thy dwelling place is strong;
Yet though thou shouldest put thy nest in a rock,
Verse 22And though Beor should have a skillfully contrived hiding place,
The Assyrians shall carry thee away captive.Verse 23And he looked upon Og, and took up his parable and said,Oh, oh, who shall live, when God shall do these things?
Verse 24And one shall come forth from the hands of the Kittim,
And shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict the Eberites,
And they shall perish together.Verse 25And Balaam rose up and departed and returned to his place, and Balak went to his own home.