Verse 10
Numbers 23:10
Free Bible Version
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Who can count Jacob's descendants? They are so many they're like dust! Who can count even a quarter of the Israelites? I would like to die as a good person dies! Let the end of my life be like their end!”
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִ֤י מָנָה֙ עֲפַ֣ר יַעֲקֹ֔ב וּ/מִסְפָּ֖ר אֶת רֹ֣בַע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל תָּמֹ֤ת נַפְשִׁ/י֙ מ֣וֹת יְשָׁרִ֔ים וּ/תְהִ֥י אַחֲרִיתִ֖/י כָּמֹֽ/הוּ
English Translation
Who has counted the dust of Jacob and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let my soul die the death of the upright, and let my end be like theirs.
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Chapter 23 Context
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Then Balaam told Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for...
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Balak did as Balaam had said, and together they offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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Balaam said to Balak, “Wait here beside your burnt offering while I go and see if perhaps the Lord w...
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God (Elohim) met with him there, and Balaam said. “I have built seven altars and on each altar I hav...
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The Lord gave Balaam a message to share. He told him, “Go back to Balak and this is what you are to...
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So he went back to Balak, who was waiting there beside his burnt offering, along with all the Moabit...
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This is the declaration that Balaam gave: “Balak brought me from Aram; the king of Moab brought me f...
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But how can I curse what God (Elohim) has not cursed? How can I condemn what the Lord has not condem...
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9
For I'm looking down on them from the top of rocky crags; I'm watching them from the hills. I see a...
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10
Who can count Jacob's descendants? They are so many they're like dust! Who can count even a quarter...
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Then Balak complained to Balaam, “What on earth have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my...
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But Balaam replied, “Don't you think I should say precisely what the Lord tells me?”
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Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. But you'll onl...
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He took him to the field of Zophim at the top of Mount Pisgah. There he built seven altars and offer...
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15
Balaam told Balak, “Wait here beside your burnt offering while I meet the Lord over there.”
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16
The Lord met Balaam and gave him a message to share. He told him, “Go back to Balak and this is what...
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So he went back to Balak, who was waiting there beside his burnt offering, along with all the Moabit...
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This is the prophecy that Balaam delivered: “Stand up, Balak, and pay attention! Listen to me, son o...
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God (Elohim) isn't a human being who would lie. He's not a mere mortal who changes his mind. Does he...
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Look, I have been ordered to give a blessing. God (Elohim) has blessed, and I can't change that.
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He's not expecting anything bad will happen to Jacob; he doesn't foresee any trouble for Israel. The...
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22
God (Elohim) led them out of Egypt with great power, as strong as an ox.
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23
No spell can be cast against Jacob; no magic can be used against Israel. People will talk about Jaco...
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24
Look! The Israelites go out hunting like a lioness; they chase like a lion. They don't rest until th...
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Then Balak said to Balaam, “If you can't give them any curses then at least don't give them any bles...
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But Balaam replied, “Didn't I explain to you that I have to do whatever the Lord tells me?”
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“Please come with me and I will take you somewhere else,” Balak said. “Maybe God (Elohim) would let...
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Balak took Balaam to the top of Mount Peor, which looks down on the wastelands.
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Balaam told Balak, “Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me to...
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Balak did what Balaam told him, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.
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