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Yahweh put a word in Balaam`s mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak.
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He returned to him, and, behold, he was standing by his burnt- offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.
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He took up his parable, and said, From Aram has Balak brought me, The king of Moab from the mountains of the East: Come, curse me Jacob, Come, defy Israel.
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How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? How shall I defy, whom Yahweh has not defied?
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For from the top of the rocks I see him, From the hills I see him: behold, it is a people that dwells alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.
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Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, Let my last end be like his!
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Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether.
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He answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which Yahweh puts in my mouth?