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Numbers 23:7

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Balaam proclaimed his poem: Balak brought me from Aram; the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains: ‘Come, put a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel! ’

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This is because they did not meet you with food and water on the journey after you came out of Egypt, and because Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim was hired to curse you.


and he proclaimed his poem: The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened,


Balaam proclaimed his poem: Balak, get up and listen; son of Zippor, pay attention to what I say!


In that day one will take up  a taunt against you and lament mournfully,   saying, ‘We are totally ruined! He measures out the allotted land of my people. How he removes it from me! He allots our fields  to traitors.’


Job continued his discourse, saying:


Once more he proclaimed his poem: Ah, who can live when God does this?


Then he proclaimed his poem: The oracle of Balaam son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eyes are opened;


They were looking for a way to arrest him but feared the crowd because they knew he had spoken this parable against them. So they left him and went away.


He told them another parable: ‘The kingdom of heaven is like leaven   that a woman took and mixed into twenty kilograms   of flour until all of it was leavened.’


Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow, an undeserved curse goes nowhere.


Job continued his discourse, saying:


After him, Eleazar son of Dodo son of an Ahohite was among the three warriors with David when they defied the Philistines. The men of Israel retreated in the place they had gathered for battle,


so that what was spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled: I will open my mouth in parables; I will declare things kept secret from the foundation of the world.  ,,


Won’t all of these take up a taunt against him, with mockery and riddles about him? They will say, ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his – how much longer?   – and loads himself with goods taken in pledge.’


Then I said, ‘Oh, Lord God, they are saying of me, “Isn’t he just composing parables? ” ’


‘Son of man, pose a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.


When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, son of David’s brother Shimei, killed him.


David said to the Philistine, ‘You come against me with a sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord of Armies, the God of the ranks of Israel #– #you have defied him.


Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.’


Then the Philistine said, ‘I defy the ranks of Israel today.  Send me a man so we can fight each other! ’


Next he saw the Kenites and proclaimed his poem: Your dwelling place is enduring; your nest is set in the cliffs.


for I will greatly honour you and do whatever you ask me. So please come and put a curse on these people for me! ” ’


“Look, a people has come out of Egypt, and they cover the surface of the land. Now come and put a curse on them for me. I may be able to fight against them and drive them away.” ’


And Jacob listened to his father and mother and went to Paddan-aram.


Go at once to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father. Marry one of the daughters of Laban, your mother’s brother.


Shem’s sons  were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.


So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with all the officials of Moab.





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