Dual Panel1When Balaam <01109> saw <07200> that <03588> it pleased <05869> <02895> the Lord <03068> to bless <01288> Israel <03478>, he did not <03808> go <01980> as at the other times <06471> <06471> to seek <07125> for omens <05173>, but he set <07896> his face <06440> toward <0413> the wilderness <04057>.
2When Balaam <01109> lifted <05375> up his eyes <05869>, he saw <07200> Israel <03478> camped <07931> tribe by tribe <07626>; and the Spirit <07307> of God <0430> came upon him.
3Then he uttered <05375> this oracle <04912>: “The oracle <05002> of Balaam <01109> son <01121> of Beor <01160>; the oracle of the man <01397> whose eyes <05869> are open <08365>;
4the oracle <05002> of the one who hears <08085> the words <0561> of God <0410>, who <0834> sees <02372> a vision <04236> from the Almighty <07706>, although falling flat <05307> on the ground with eyes <05869> open <01540>:
5‘How <04100> beautiful <02895> are your tents <0168>, O Jacob <03290>, and your dwelling places <04908>, O Israel <03478>!
6They are like valleys <05158> stretched forth <05186>, like gardens <01593> by <05921> the river’s side <05104>, like aloes <0174> that the Lord <03068> has planted <05193>, and like cedar trees <0730> beside <05921> the waters <04325>.
7He will pour <05140> the water <04325> out of his buckets <01805>, and their descendants <02233> will be like abundant <07227> water <04325>; their king <04428> will be greater <07311> than Agag <090>, and their kingdom <04438> will be exalted <05375>.
8God <0410> brought <03318> them out <03318> of Egypt <04714>. They have, as it were, the strength <08443> of a young bull <07214>; they will devour <0398> hostile <06862> people <01471> and will break <01633> their bones <06106> and will pierce <04272> them through with arrows <02671>.
9They crouch <03766> and lie down <07901> like a lion <0738>, and as a lioness <03833>, who <04310> can stir <06965> him? Blessed <01288> is the one who blesses <01288> you, and cursed <0779> is the one who curses <0779> you!’”
10Then Balak <01111> became <02734> very angry <0639> at <0413> Balaam <01109>, and he struck <05606> his hands <03709> together. Balak <01111> said <0559> to <0413> Balaam <01109>, “I called <07121> you to curse <06895> my enemies <0341>, and look <02009>, you have done nothing <01288> but bless <01288> them these <02088> three <07969> times <06471>!
11So now <06258>, go back <01272> where you came from <04725>! I said <0559> that I would greatly <03513> honor <03513> you; but now the Lord <03068> has stood <04513> in the way of your honor <03519>.”
12Balaam <01109> said <0559> to <0413> Balak <01111>, “Did I not <03808> also <01571> tell <01696> your messengers <04397> whom <0834> you sent <07971> to <0413> me,
13‘If <0518> Balak <01111> would give <05414> me his palace <01004> full <04393> of silver <03701> and gold <02091>, I cannot <03201> <03808> go beyond <05674> the commandment <06310> of the Lord <03068> to do <06213> either good <02896> or <0176> evil <07451> of my own will <03820>, but whatever <0834> the Lord <03068> tells <01696> me I must speak <01696>’?
14And now <06258>, I am about to go <01980> back to my own people <05971>. Come <01980> now, and I will advise <03289> you as <0834> to what this <02088> people <05971> will do <06213> to your people <05971> in the future <03117> <0319>.”
15Then he uttered <05375> this oracle <04912>: “The oracle <05002> of Balaam <01109> son <01121> of Beor <01160>; the oracle of the man <01397> whose eyes <05869> are open <08365>;
16the oracle <05002> of the one who hears <08085> the words <0561> of God <0410>, and who knows <03045> the knowledge <01847> of the Most <05945> High, who sees <02372> a vision <04236> from the Almighty <07706>, although falling flat on the ground <05307> with eyes <05869> open <01540>:
17‘I see <07200> him, but not <03808> now <06258>; I behold <07789> him, but not <03808> close <07138> at hand. A star <03556> will march forth out <01869> of Jacob <03290>, and a scepter <07626> will rise out <06965> of Israel <03478>. He will crush <04272> the skulls <06285> of Moab <04124>, and the heads of all <03605> the sons <01121> of Sheth <08351>.
18Edom <0123> will be <01961> a possession <03424>, Seir <08165>, his enemies <0341>, will also be <01961> a possession <03424>; but Israel <03478> will act <06213> valiantly <02428>.
19A ruler <07287> will be established from Jacob <03290>; he will destroy <06> the remains <08300> of the city <05892>.’”
20Then Balaam looked <07200> on Amalek <06002> and delivered <05375> this oracle <0559> <04912>: “Amalek <06002> was the first <07225> of the nations <01471>, but his end <05703> <0319> will be that he will perish <08>.”
21Then he looked on <07200> the Kenites <07017> and uttered <05375> this oracle <04912>: “Your dwelling place <04186> seems strong <0386>, and your nest <07064> is set <07760> on a rocky cliff <05553>.
22Nevertheless <0518> <03588> the Kenite <07014> will be <01961> consumed <01197>. How <04100> long <05704> will Asshur <0804> take <07617> you away captive <07617>?”
23Then he uttered <0559> <05375> this oracle <04912>: “O <0188>, who <04310> will survive <02421> when God <0410> does this!
24Ships <06716> will come from the coast <03027> of Kittim <03794>, and will afflict <06031> Asshur <0804>, and will afflict <06031> Eber <05677>, and he <01931> will also <01571> perish <08> forever <05703>.”
25Balaam <01109> got up <06965> and departed <01980> and returned <07725> to his home <04725>, and Balak <01111> also <01571> went <01980> his way <01870>.