Balaam’s First Oracle

Balaam proclaimed his poem:

Balak brought me from Aram;(A)
the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains:
“Come, put a curse on Jacob for me;
come, denounce Israel!” (B)

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Then Balaam(A) spoke his message:(B)

“Balak brought me from Aram,(C)
    the king of Moab from the eastern mountains.(D)
‘Come,’ he said, ‘curse Jacob for me;
    come, denounce Israel.’(E)

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This first registration took place while[a] Quirinius was governing Syria.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:2 Or This registration was the first while, or This registration was before

(This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.)(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 2:2 Or This census took place before