Balaam’s First Oracle

Balaam proclaimed his poem:

Balak brought me from Aram;(A)
the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains:
“Come, put a curse on Jacob for me;
come, denounce Israel!” (B)

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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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And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.

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This first registration took place while[a] Quirinius was governing Syria.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:2 Or This registration was the first while, or This registration was before

(This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:2 Or This census took place before

(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

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