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Numbers 24:1

New Living Translation

By now Balaam realized that the Lord was determined to bless Israel, so he did not resort to divination as before. Instead, he turned and looked out toward the wilderness,

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The next morning Balaam got up and told Balak’s officials, “Go on home! The Lord will not let me go with you.”

Balak’s messengers, who were elders of Moab and Midian, set out with money to pay Balaam to place a curse upon Israel. They went to Balaam and delivered Balak’s message to him.

Then Balaam said to the king, “Stand here by your burnt offerings while I go over there to meet the Lord.”

Listen, I received a command to bless; God has blessed, and I cannot reverse it!

No curse can touch Jacob; no magic has any power against Israel. For now it will be said of Jacob, ‘What wonders God has done for Israel!’

So Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, overlooking the wasteland.

Then Balaam said to Balak, “Stand here by your burnt offerings, and I will go to see if the Lord will respond to me. Then I will tell you whatever he reveals to me.” So Balaam went alone to the top of a bare hill,

So Balak did as Balaam ordered and offered a young bull and a ram on each altar.

“These are the very ones who followed Balaam’s advice and caused the people of Israel to rebel against the Lord at Mount Peor. They are the ones who caused the plague to strike the Lord’s people.

“But I have a few complaints against you. You tolerate some among you whose teaching is like that of Balaam, who showed Balak how to trip up the people of Israel. He taught them to sin by eating food offered to idols and by committing sexual sin.

And now I realize that you are surely going to be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will flourish under your rule.

So Saul took 3,000 of Israel’s elite troops and went to hunt him down in the wilderness of Ziph.

And Saul said to David, “Blessings on you, my son David. You will do many heroic deeds, and you will surely succeed.” Then David went away, and Saul returned home.




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