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23     There is no divination against Jacob
        or enchantment against Israel.
    Soon, people will say of Jacob and Israel,
        “Look at what God has accomplished!”
24     Look at this people rise up like a lion,
        like a lion who gets up and does not lie down
        until it devours its prey,
        even drinking the blood of the slain.

Balak (to Balaam): 25 Don’t curse them, but don’t bless them either!

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23 There is no divination against[a] Jacob,
    no evil omens(A) against[b] Israel.
It will now be said of Jacob
    and of Israel, ‘See what God has done!’
24 The people rise like a lioness;(B)
    they rouse themselves like a lion(C)
that does not rest till it devours its prey
    and drinks the blood(D) of its victims.”

25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:23 Or in
  2. Numbers 23:23 Or in