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20 As they were sitting at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who had brought him back,

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And if I have prophetic powers and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains but do not have love, I am nothing.(A)

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51 He did not say this on his own, but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus was about to die for the nation,

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22 On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’(A)

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16 the oracle of one who hears the words of God
    and knows the knowledge of the Most High,[a]
who sees the vision of the Almighty,[b]
    who falls down but with eyes uncovered:
17 I see him but not now;
    I behold him but not near—
a star shall come out of Jacob,
    and a scepter shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the foreheads[c] of Moab
    and the heads[d] of all the Shethites.(A)
18 Edom will become a possession,
    Seir a possession of its enemies,
    while Israel does valiantly.(B)
19 One out of Jacob shall rule
    and destroy the survivors of Ir.”(C)

20 Then he looked on Amalek and uttered his oracle, saying,

“First among the nations was Amalek,
but its end is to perish forever.”(D)

21 Then he looked on the Kenite and uttered his oracle, saying,

“Enduring is your dwelling place,
    and your nest is set in the rock,
22 yet Kain is destined for burning.
    How long shall Asshur take you away captive?”

23 Again he uttered his oracle, saying,

“Alas, who shall live when God does this?[e]
24     But ships shall come from Kittim
and shall afflict Asshur and Eber,
    and he also shall perish forever.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 24.16 Or of Elyon
  2. 24.16 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai
  3. 24.17 Or borderlands
  4. 24.17 Or territory
  5. 24.23 Meaning of Heb uncertain

the oracle of one who hears the words of God,
    who sees the vision of the Almighty,[a]
    who falls down but with eyes uncovered:(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 24.4 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

16 The Lord met Balaam, put a word into his mouth, and said, “Return to Balak, and this is what you shall say.”(A)

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The Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth and said, “Return to Balak, and this is what you must say.”(A)

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