Numbers 24:1-14

Evangelical Heritage Version

The declaration of Balaam son of Beor,
the declaration of the man whose eye is open,
⁴ the declaration of the one who hears the words of God,
who sees the vision of the Almighty,
who is falling down, but his eyes are wide open:
⁵     How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob,
        and your dwelling places, O Israel!
⁶     Like rows of palm trees^[a] they stretch out,
        like gardens by the riverside,
        like aloes which the Lord has planted,
        like cedar trees beside the waters.
⁷     Water will flow from his buckets.
        His seed^[b] will have abundant waters.
        His king will be higher than Agag.
        His kingdom will be lifted up.
⁸     God brings him out of Egypt.
        God is like the horns of a wild ox for him.
        He will eat up the nations who are his adversaries.
        He will gnaw on their bones.
        He will pierce them through with his arrows.
⁹     He crouches like a lion.
        He lies down like a lioness.
        Who will rouse him?
        The one who blesses you is blessed.
        The one who curses you is cursed.