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Numbers 24:15-17
Contemporary English Version
Numbers 24:15-17
Contemporary English Version
Balaam's Fourth Message
15 Balaam said:
“I am the son of Beor,
and my words are true,[a]
so listen to my message!
16 My knowledge comes
from God Most High,
the Lord All-Powerful.
I bowed down to him
and saw a vision of Israel.
17 “What I saw in my vision
hasn't happened yet.
But someday, a king of Israel
will appear like a star.
He will wipe out you Moabites[b]
and destroy[c] those tribes
who live in the desert.[d]
Footnotes
- 24.15 my words are true: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 24.17 you Moabites: Or “the territories of Moab.”
- 24.17 destroy: The Standard Hebrew Text; the Samaritan Hebrew Text “the skulls of.”
- 24.17 those tribes … desert: The Hebrew text has “the descendants of Sheth,” which probably refers to the people who lived in the desert areas of Canaan before the Israelites.
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