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Numbers 23:11 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. "

Numbers 23:11

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9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his!

11 And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether.

12 And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?

13 And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence.

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From This Chapter

Numbers 23:1

"And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams."

Numbers 23:2

"And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram."

Numbers 23:3

"And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he sheweth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place."

Numbers 23:4

"And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram."

Numbers 23:5

"And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak."

Numbers 23:6

"And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab."

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