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¹²And Balaam said to Balak, ‘Did I not tell your messengers whom you sent to me, ¹³“If Balak should give me his house full of silver and gold, I would not be able to go beyond the word of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will; what the Lord says, that is what I will say”? 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

15 So he uttered his oracle, saying:
‘The oracle of Balaam son of Beor,
   the oracle of the man whose eye is clear,^*
16 the oracle of one who hears the words of God,
   and knows the knowledge of the Most High,^*
who sees the vision of the Almighty,^*
   who falls down, but with his eyes uncovered:
¹⁷ I see him, but not now;
   I behold him, but not near—
a star shall come out of Jacob,
   and a sceptre shall rise out of Israel;
it shall crush the borderlands^* of Moab,
   and the territory^* of all the Shethites.
¹⁸ Edom will become a possession,
   Seir a possession of its enemies,^*
   while Israel does valiantly.
¹⁹ One out of Jacob shall rule,
   and destroy the survivors of Ir.’

20 Then he looked on Amalek, and uttered his oracle, saying:
‘First among the nations was Amalek,
but its end is to perish for ever.’

21 Then he looked on the Kenite, and uttered his oracle, saying:
‘Enduring is your dwelling-place,
   and your nest is set in the rock;
²² yet Kain is destined for burning.
   How long shall Asshur take you away captive?’

23 Again he uttered his oracle, saying:
‘Alas, who shall live when God does this?
²⁴   But ships shall come from Kittim
and shall afflict Asshur and Eber;
   and he also shall perish for ever.’

25 Then Balaam got up and went back to his place, and Balak also went his way.