Numbers 24:2-4

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²Balaam looked up and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe. Then the spirit of God came upon him, ³and he uttered his oracle, saying:

“The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
    the oracle of the man whose eye is clear,^[a]
⁴the oracle of one who hears the words of God,
    who sees the vision of the Almighty,^[b]
    who falls down, but with eyes uncovered:

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Numbers 24:3 Or closed or open
Numbers 24:4 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

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