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10 Who can count the dust of Jacob,
    or number the dust-cloud[a] of Israel?
Let me die the death of the upright,
    and let my end be like his!’

11 Then Balak said to Balaam, ‘What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but now you have done nothing but bless them.’ 12 He answered, ‘Must I not take care to say what the Lord puts into my mouth?’

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 23:10 Or fourth part

10 Who can count the dust of Jacob(A)
    or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,(B)
    and may my final end be like theirs!(C)

11 Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies,(D) but you have done nothing but bless them!”(E)

12 He answered, “Must I not speak what the Lord puts in my mouth?”(F)

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