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Numbers 24:21-23
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Numbers 24:21-23
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Balaam’s Sixth Message From God
21 Then Balaam saw the Kenites. He spoke the message he had received from God. He said,
“The place where you live is safe.
Your nest is on a high cliff.
22 But you Kenites will be destroyed.
Ashur will take you as prisoners.”
Balaam’s Seventh Message From God
23 Then Balaam spoke the message he had received from God. He said,
“Who can live when God does this?
Numbers 24:21-23
New International Version
Numbers 24:21-23
New International Version
Balaam’s Sixth Message
21 Then he saw the Kenites(A) and spoke his message:
“Your dwelling place is secure,(B)
your nest is set in a rock;
22 yet you Kenites will be destroyed
when Ashur(C) takes you captive.”
Balaam’s Seventh Message
23 Then he spoke his message:
“Alas! Who can live when God does this?[a]
Footnotes
- Numbers 24:23 Masoretic Text; with a different word division of the Hebrew The people from the islands will gather from the north.
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