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Numbers 23:7 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel. "
Numbers 23:7
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5 The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”
6 He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 He took up his parable, and said, “From Aram has Balak brought me, the king of Moab from the mountains of the East. Come, curse Jacob for me. Come, defy Israel.
8 How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy whom the LORD has not defied?
9 For from the top of the rocks I see him. From the hills I see him. Behold, it is a people that dwells alone, and shall not be listed among the nations.
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Numbers 23:1
"Balaam said to Balak, “Build here seven altars for me, and prepare here seven bulls and seven rams for me.”"
Numbers 23:2
"Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bull and a ram."
Numbers 23:3
"Balaam said to Balak, “Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go. Perhaps the LORD will come to meet me. Whatever he shows me I will tell you.” He went to a bare height."
Numbers 23:4
"God met Balaam, and he said to him, “I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.”"
Numbers 23:5
"The LORD put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.”"
Numbers 23:6
"He returned to him, and behold, he was standing by his burnt offering, he, and all the princes of Moab."
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