17 for I will certainly (A)honor you greatly, and I will do whatever you say to me. (B)Therefore please come, curse this people for me.’ ”

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17 because I will reward you handsomely(A) and do whatever you say. Come and put a curse(B) on these people for me.”

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And he (A)took up his [a]oracle and said:

“Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram,
From the mountains of the east.
(B)‘Come, curse Jacob for me,
And come, (C)denounce Israel!’

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:7 prophetic discourse

Then Balaam(A) spoke his message:(B)

“Balak brought me from Aram,(C)
    the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.(D)
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
    come, denounce Israel.’(E)

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“How(A) shall I curse whom God has not cursed?
And how shall I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?

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How can I curse
    those whom God has not cursed?(A)
How can I denounce
    those whom the Lord has not denounced?(B)

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