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Numbers 23:9 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" 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. "
Numbers 23:9
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And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied?
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.
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
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.
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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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