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God is bringing them[a] out of Egypt
    with the strength of an ox.
He’ll devour enemy nations,
    break their bones,
        and impale them with arrows.
He crouches, laying low like a lion.
    Who would awaken him?
Those who bless you are blessed,
    and those who curse you are cursed.”

10 Balak flew into a rage and he started hitting his fists together. “I called you to curse my enemies,” he yelled at Balaam. “But look here! You’ve blessed them three times!

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 24:8 Lit. him; i.e. national Israel personified as an individual