Num 23:8-10, 28, 24:2, 7-9, 22-24 | ESV | STEP | How can I curse whom God has not cursed ? How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced ?

Numbers 23:8-10

8 How can I curse whom God has not cursed?
How can I denounce whom the Lord has not denounced?
9 For from the top of the crags ^aI see him,
from the hills I behold him;
behold, ^ba people dwelling alone,
and ^cnot counting itself among the nations!
10 ^dWho can count the dust of Jacob
or number the fourth part ^{▼▼Or dust clouds} of Israel?
Let me die ^fthe death of the upright,
and let my end be like his!”

Numbers 23:28

28 So Balak took Balaam to the top of ^gPeor, which overlooks ^hthe desert. ^{▼▼Or Jeshimon}

Numbers 24:2

2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel ^jcamping tribe by tribe. And ^kthe Spirit of God came upon him,

Numbers 24:7-9

7 Water shall flow from his buckets,
and his seed shall be ^lin many waters;
his king shall be higher than ^mAgag,
and ⁿhis kingdom shall be exalted.
8 God brings him out of Egypt
and is for him like the ^ohorns of the wild ox;
he shall ^peat up the nations, his adversaries,
and shall ^qbreak their bones in pieces
and ^rpierce them through with his arrows.
9 He crouched, he lay down like a lion
and ^slike a lioness; who will rouse him up?
^tBlessed are those who bless you,
and cursed are those who curse you.”

Numbers 24:22-24

22 Nevertheless, Kain shall be burned
when Asshur takes you away captive.”
23 And he took up his discourse and said,

“Alas, who shall live when God does this?
24 But ships shall come from ^uKittim
and shall afflict Asshur and ^vEber;
and he too ^wshall come to utter destruction.”