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UST NUM Chapter 24

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24 Balaam now realized that Yahweh intended to do good things to the Israelites. So, he did not go somewhere else to find out what God wished, as he had previously. Instead, he stood facing the nearby desolate area. 2 Balaam looked at the Israelite people. All the people from each tribe had set up their tents together in groups. Then God’s Spirit influenced him. 3 He began to speak his prophetic message:

“I, Balaam, Beor’s son, am speaking.

God has enabled me to know what to say.

4 I am saying what God speaks to me.

God, who is completely powerful, has revealed things to me.

I bow down before him, and he enables me to know what to say.

5 You Israelites, the tents in which you live

are very beautiful!

6 Your campsite is like a long stream bed

or a garden near a river.

It is like a forest of valuable trees

that Yahweh has caused to grow in a fertile place.

7 You will always have plenty of water

so that your crops grow well.

The king who rules you will be very great,

greater than King Agag.

8 God led you Israelites out of Egypt.

God is as strong as any wild ox.

You will completely conquer in battle

all the people who oppose you.

You are like a lion that is lying down.

It is a dangerous to provoke you.

Anyone who calls on God to do good things to you will also receive good things.

Anyone calls on God to do bad things to you will also receive bad things.”

10 Then King Balak was angry with Balaam. He angrily smacked his hands together. He told Balaam, “I had you come here to call on God to do bad things to those who oppose me. Instead, you have called on God to do good things to them three times! 11 So, you must hurry back to your home now! I told you that I would reward you well. But listen to this: Yahweh has prevented you from receiving that reward.”

12 Balaam replied, “You should remember what I told the representatives you had visit me. I told them 13 to suppose that you, King Balak, offered me all the money and possessions you have. Even in that case, I would not be able to disobey what Yahweh tells me to do. I would not be able to do whatever I wanted, whether good or bad. Instead, I would say whatever Yahweh told me to say. That is what I told them.

14 Listen! I will go back home now. First, though, I will inform you about what the Israelites will eventually do to you Moabites.”

15 He began to speak his prophetic message:

“I, Balaam, Beor’s son, am speaking.

God has enabled me to know what to say.

16 I understand what the Most High God shows me,

so I am saying what God speaks to me.

God, who is completely powerful, has revealed things to me.

I bow down before him, and he enables me to know what to say.

17 I know about someone

who will eventually live here.

He will be an Israelite who will rule powerfully

and as gloriously as a star in the sky.

He will conquer the Moabites and their rulers,

all the descendants of Seth.

18 This person will take over the area

where those who oppose him, the Edomites, live.

The Israelites will act powerfully.

19 This person will rule from the land where the Israelites live.

He will kill anyone who survives when he conquers the cities of his enemies.”

20 Then Balaam looked toward the place where the Amalekites lived. He began to speak his prophetic message:

“The Amalekites are the most powerful group in this area.

However, eventually someone will destroy them completely.”

21 Then Balaam looked toward the place where the Kenites lived. He began to speak his prophetic message:

“You live in a strong and secure place,

like a bird’s nest on a cliff.

22 Yet, the Asshur tribe will make you Kenites their prisoners

and burn the place where you live.”

23 Then Balaam began to speak his last prophetic message:

“How terrible! No one can survive when God does these things!

24 People will arrive in boats from the shores of the Kittim region.

They will subdue the Asshur tribe and the Eber tribe.

However, someone will destroy them completely too.”

25 Then Balaam left that place and traveled back to his home. Balak too left that place.

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