Numbers 24:14-16

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¹⁴So now, I am going to my people; let me advise you what this people will do to your people in days to come.”

Balaam’s Fourth Oracle

¹⁵So he uttered his oracle, saying:

“The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
    the oracle of the man whose eye is clear,^[a]
¹⁶the oracle of one who hears the words of God,
    and knows the knowledge of the Most High,^[b]
who sees the vision of the Almighty,^[c]
    who falls down, but with his eyes uncovered:

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Footnotes

Numbers 24:15 Or closed or open
Numbers 24:16 Or of Elyon
Numbers 24:16 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

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