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Then the Lord gave Balaam a message for Balak and said, “Go back to Balak and say the things that I have given you to say.”

So Balaam went back to Balak. Balak was still standing near the altar, and all the leaders of Moab were standing there with them. Then Balaam spoke, and this was his message:

“Balak, the king of Moab,
    brought me here from the eastern mountains of Aram.
Balak said to me,
    ‘Come, curse Jacob for me.
    Come, speak against the Israelites.’

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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)

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