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Numbers 23:27

Verse 27 of 30. The 23rd of 36 chapters in Numbers, in The Law.

23Surely there is no enchantment with Jacob; neither is there any divination with Israel. Now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, ‘What has God done!’

24Behold, a people rises up as a lioness. As a lion he lifts himself up. He shall not lie down until he eats of the prey, and drinks the blood of the slain.”

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

26But Balaam answered Balak, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘All that the LORD speaks, that I must do’?”

27Balak said to Balaam, “Come now, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will please God that you may curse them for me from there.”

28Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks down on the desert.

29Balaam said to Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here.”

30Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on every altar.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.