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And now flee thou to thy place; I said I would very highly honour thee, and behold, Jehovah has kept thee back from honour.
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And Balaam said to Balak, Did I not also speak to thy messengers whom thou sentest to me, saying,
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If Balak gave me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go beyond the commandment of Jehovah to do good or bad out of my heart: what Jehovah shall say, that will I speak?
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And now behold, I go to my people: come, I will admonish thee what this people will do to thy people at the end of days.
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And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor saith, and the man of opened eye saith,
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He saith, who heareth the words of God, who knoweth the knowledge of the Most High, Who seeth the vision of the Almighty, who falleth down, and who hath his eyes open:
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I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not nigh: There cometh a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and he shall cut in pieces the corners of Moab, and destroy all the sons of tumult.
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And Edom shall be a possession, and Seir a possession, -- they, his enemies; but Israel will do valiantly.
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And one out of Jacob shall have dominion, and will destroy out of the city what remaineth.
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And he saw Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek is the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be for destruction.
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And he saw the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Firm is thy dwelling-place, and thy nest fixed in the rock;