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29Balaam said, “Build me seven altars here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me.”30Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

4the oracle of one who hears the words of God,
who sees a vision from the Almighty,Hebrew Shaddai; also in verse 16
who falls prostrate, and whose eyes are opened:

5“How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob,
your dwelling places, O Israel!

6“Like valleys they spread out,
like gardens beside a river,
like aloes planted by the LORD,
like cedars beside the waters.

7Water will flow from their buckets;
their seed will have abundant water.
“Their king will be greater than Agag;
their kingdom will be exalted.

8“God brought them out of Egypt;
they have the strength of a wild ox.
They devour hostile nations
and break their bones in pieces;
with their arrows they pierce them.

9Like a lion they crouch and lie down,
like a lioness—who dares to rouse them?
“May those who bless you be blessed
and those who curse you be cursed!”

10Then Balak's anger burned against Balaam. He struck his hands together and said to him, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but you have blessed them these three times.11Now leave at once and go home! I said I would reward you handsomely, but the LORD has kept you from being rewarded.”

12Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not tell the messengers you sent me,13‘Even if Balak gave me his palace filled with silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD—and I must say only what the LORD says’?14Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you of what this people will do to your people in days to come.”