Numbers 23:7-12

7And Balaam atook up his discourse and said,

“From bAram Balak has brought me,
the king of Moab cfrom the eastern mountains:
Come, dcurse Jacob for me,
and come, denounce Israel!’
8How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
9For from the top of the crags eI see him,
from the hills I behold him;
behold, fa people dwelling alone,
and gnot counting itself among the nations!
10 hWho can count the dust of Jacob
or number the fourth part
Or dust clouds
of Israel?
Let me die jthe death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”
11And Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? kI took you to curse my enemies, and behold, you have done nothing but bless them.” 12And he answered and said, l“Must I not take care to speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”

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