Numbers 23:10-12
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
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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Numbers 23:10-12
New International Version
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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