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15-19 So he spoke this prophecy to him:

“Balaam the son of Beor is the man

Whose eyes are open!

He hears the words of God

And has knowledge from the Most High;

He sees what Almighty God has shown him;

He fell, and his eyes were opened:

I see in the future of Israel,

Far down the distant trail,

That there shall come a star from Jacob!

This ruler of Israel

Shall smite the people of Moab,

And destroy the sons of Sheth.

Israel shall possess all Edom and Seir.

They shall overcome their enemies.

Jacob shall arise in power

And shall destroy many cities.”

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16 the prophecy of one who hears the words(A) of God,
    who has knowledge from the Most High,(B)
who sees a vision from the Almighty,
    who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:

17 “I see him, but not now;
    I behold him, but not near.(C)
A star will come out of Jacob;(D)
    a scepter will rise out of Israel.(E)
He will crush the foreheads of Moab,(F)
    the skulls[a](G) of[b] all the people of Sheth.[c]
18 Edom(H) will be conquered;
    Seir,(I) his enemy, will be conquered,(J)
    but Israel(K) will grow strong.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:17 Samaritan Pentateuch (see also Jer. 48:45); the meaning of the word in the Masoretic Text is uncertain.
  2. Numbers 24:17 Or possibly Moab, / batter
  3. Numbers 24:17 Or all the noisy boasters