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"Godbrings him out of Egypt, He is for him like the horns of the wildox. He will devour the nations who are his adversaries, And will crush their bones in pieces, And shatter them with his arrows.
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Then Balak'sangerburnedagainstBalaam, and he struck his handstogether; and Balaksaid to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them thesethreetimes!
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'ThoughBalak were to give me his housefull of silver and gold, I could not do anything contrary to the command of the LORD, either goodorbad, of my own accord. What the LORDspeaks, that I will speak '?
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The oracle of him who hears the words of God, And knows the knowledge of the MostHigh, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Fallingdown, yet having his eyesuncovered.
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"I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near; A star shall come forth from Jacob, A scepter shall rise from Israel, And shall crushthrough the forehead of Moab, And teardownall the sons of Sheth.