Numbers 23:6-8

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⁶So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with all the officials of Moab.

Balaam’s First Oracle

⁷Balaam proclaimed his poem:

Balak brought me from Aram;^(A)
the king of Moab, from the eastern mountains:
“Come, put a curse on Jacob for me;
come, denounce Israel!” ^(B)
⁸How can I curse someone God has not cursed?
How can I denounce someone the Lord has not denounced?

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