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Then the Lord gave Balaam this message. “Return to Balak and speak to him.”

So Balaam returned to where Balak had been standing, that is, next to his offerings, accompanied by all the Moabite officials.

Balaam’s First Prophecy

Then Balaam uttered this prophetic statement:

“King Balak of Moab brought me from Aram,
    from the eastern mountains,
        and told me,
‘Come and curse Jacob for me.
    Come and curse Israel.’

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