The Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth(A) and said, “Go back to Balak and give him this word.”(B)

So he went back to him and found him standing beside his offering, with all the Moabite officials.(C) Then Balaam(D) spoke his message:(E)

“Balak brought me from Aram,(F)
    the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.(G)
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
    come, denounce Israel.’(H)
How can I curse
    those whom God has not cursed?(I)
How can I denounce
    those whom the Lord has not denounced?(J)
From the rocky peaks I see them,
    from the heights I view them.(K)
I see a people who live apart
    and do not consider themselves one of the nations.(L)
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob(M)
    or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,(N)
    and may my final end be like theirs!(O)

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