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When Balaam saw that it ^(F1)pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times to ^(F2)seek ^(C1)omens, rather he turned his ^(F3)attention toward the ^(C2)wilderness.

And Balaam raised his eyes and saw Israel ^(F1)camping tribe by tribe; and ^(C1)the Spirit of God came upon him.

Then he took up his discourse and said, "^(C1)The declaration of Balaam the son of Beor, And the declaration of the man whose eye is opened;

The declaration of him who ^(C1)hears the ^(F1)words of God, Who sees the ^(C2)vision of ^(F2)the Almighty, Falling down, yet having his eyes uncovered,

How pleasant are your tents, Jacob, Your dwelling places, Israel!

-"Like ^(F1)valleys that stretch out, Like gardens beside a river, Like ^(C1)aloes planted by the LORD, Like ^(C2)cedars beside the waters.

-"Water will flow from his buckets, And his seed will be by many waters, And his king shall be higher than ^(C1)Agag, ^(C2)And his kingdom shall be exalted.

-"^(C1)God brings him out of Egypt, He is for him like the horns of the wild ox. ^(C2)He will devour the nations who are his adversaries, And will crush their bones, And smash them with his ^(C3)arrows.

-"^(C1)He ^(F1)crouches, he lies down like a lion, And like a lioness, who ^(F2)dares to rouse him? ^(C2)Blessed is everyone who blesses you, And cursed is everyone who curses you."