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14 He took him through the field of Tzofim to the top of the Pisgah Range, built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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14 So he took him to the field of Zophim on the top of Pisgah, and there he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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15 Bil'am said to Balak, "Stand here by your burnt offering, while I go over there for a meeting."
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15 Balaam said to Balak, "Stay here beside your offering while I meet with him over there."
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16 ADONAI met Bil'am, put a word in his mouth and said, "Go on back to Balak, and speak as I tell you."
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16 The LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, "Go back to Balak and give him this message."
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17 He came to him and stood by his burnt offering, with all the princes of Mo'av. Balak asked him, "What did ADONAI say?"
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17 So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the princes of Moab. Balak asked him, "What did the LORD say?"
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18 Then Bil'am made his pronouncement: "Get up, Balak, and listen! Turn your ears to me, son of Tzippor!
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18 Then he uttered his oracle: "Arise, Balak, and listen; hear me, son of Zippor.
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19 "God is not a human who lies or a mortal who changes his mind. When he says something, he will do it; when he makes a promise, he will fulfill it.
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19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?
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20 Look, I am ordered to bless; when he blesses, I can't reverse it.
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20 I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot change it.
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21 "No one has seen guilt in Ya'akov, or perceived perversity in Isra'el; ADONAI their God is with them and acclaimed as king among them.
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21 "No misfortune is seen in Jacob, no misery observed in Israel. The LORD their God is with them; the shout of the King is among them.
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22 "God, who brought them out of Egypt, gives them the strength of a wild ox;
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22 God brought them out of Egypt; they have the strength of a wild ox.
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23 thus one can't put a spell on Ya'akov, no magic will work against Isra'el. It can now be said of Ya'akov and Isra'el, 'What is this that God has done?!'
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23 There is no sorcery against Jacob, no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and of Israel, 'See what God has done!'
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24 "Here is a people rising up like a lioness; like a lion he rears himself up -he will not lie down till he eats up the prey and drinks the blood of the slain."
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24 The people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion that does not rest till he devours his prey and drinks the blood of his victims."
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