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24 Look! The people are like lions.
    Like the lion, he rises up!
He does not lie down again
    until he has consumed his prey
        and drunk the blood of the slain.”

25 Then Balak told Balaam, “Don’t curse them or bless them!”

26 “Didn’t I tell you,” Balaam responded to Balak, “that I’ll say whatever the Lord tells me to say?”

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24 The people rise like a lioness;(A)
    they rouse themselves like a lion(B)
that does not rest till it devours its prey
    and drinks the blood(C) of its victims.”

25 Then Balak said to Balaam, “Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

26 Balaam answered, “Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?”(D)

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