Numbers 24:1-3

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Balaam’s Third Oracle

24 When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go, as at other times, to look for omens, but set his face toward the wilderness. ²And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and saw Israel encamping tribe by tribe. And the Spirit of God came upon him, ³and he took up his discourse, and said,

“The oracle of Balaam the son of Be′or,
the oracle of the man whose eye is opened,^[a]

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Numbers 24:3 Or closed or perfect

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