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Numbers 23:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Numbers 23:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 For from the top of the crags I see him;
from the hills I behold him.
Here is a people living alone
and not reckoning itself among the nations!(A)
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!”(B)
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.”(C)
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Numbers 23:9-11
New International Version
Numbers 23:9-11
New International Version
9 From the rocky peaks I see them,
from the heights I view them.(A)
I see a people who live apart
and do not consider themselves one of the nations.(B)
10 Who can count the dust of Jacob(C)
or number even a fourth of Israel?
Let me die the death of the righteous,(D)
and may my final end be like theirs!(E)”
11 Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies,(F) but you have done nothing but bless them!”(G)
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