Numbers 24:5-20

⁵You descendants of Jacob, your tents are very beautiful; they are truly lovely!

⁶Your tents are spread out in front of me like groves of palm trees in valleys, like gardens alongside a river. They are like strong aloe trees/plants that Yahweh has planted, like strong cedar trees that grow along the rivers.

⁷Your water buckets will always be full; the seeds that you plant will always have plenty of water to make them grow. The Israelis' king will be greater than King Agag; the kingdom that he rules will be honored.

⁸God brought the Israelis out of Egypt, leading them along with his great power MTY like a wild ox has. He devastates all the nations that oppose him; he breaks all those people's bones into pieces, and shoots them with his arrows.

⁹The Israelis are like lions that crouch and lie down, ready to pounce on their prey SIM. They are like lionesses that are resting, but ready to attack; no one RHQ would dare to arouse them! God will bless everyone who blesses you Israelis, and he will curse everyone who curses you.”

¹⁰Then King Balak was extremely angry with Balaam. He showed with his hands that he was very angry, and he shouted at Balaam, “I summoned you here to curse my enemies! Instead, you have ◄blessed/asked God to bless► them three times!

¹¹So now, get out of here! Go back home! I said that I would pay you a lot of money if you cursed them, but Yahweh has prevented you from getting any pay!”

¹²Balaam said to Balak, “ Do you not remember RHQ what I told the messengers that you sent to me? I said,

¹³‘Even if Balak would give me a palace filled with silver and gold, I would not disobey Yahweh. I cannot do anything bad or anything that is good that he does not approve of.’ And I told you that I could say only what Yahweh says to me.

¹⁴So yes, I will return to my people, but first, allow me to tell you what will happen to you Moab people in the future.”

¹⁵So Balaam said this to Balak: “I, Balaam, son of Beor, am again giving a prophecy, speaking as a man who sees what will happen in the future clearly speaks.

¹⁶I hear a message from God; I know things that God, who lives in heaven, has revealed to me. I see a vision from him who is all-powerful. My eyes are open as I prostrate myself in front of him.

¹⁷The things that I see in the vision are not going to happen now; I see things that God will cause to happen in the future. A man who is a descendant of Jacob will appear like a star MET; a king who holds a scepter will be one of the Israeli people. He will crush the heads of you people of Moab; he will wipe out the descendants of Seth.

¹⁸The Israelis will occupy Edom, and they will conquer their enemies who live near Seir Mountain. The Israeli people will be victorious/strong.

¹⁹A ruler who is a descendant of Jacob will come; he will get rid of the people who still live in the city where Balaam first met Balak.”

²⁰Then Balaam looked out over where the Amalek people-group lived, and he prophesied this: “The Amalek people-group were the greatest nation, but they will be wiped out.”